A telephone message from Salisbury received by friends here Saturday night about 9 o’clock announced the distressing news of an automobile accident in which Mrs. W.W. Cole of this city and Miss Beulah Keel of Wilson were painfully injured. Messrs. Geo. E. Thornton and J.L. Scotton left early Sunday morning for Salisbury, returning Sunday night with the report that the injured are resting comfortably as can be expected.
Mrs. Cole and Miss Keel had been spending several weeks at Lake Junaluska and were returning home having left Lake Junaluska Saturday morning. They were accompanied by H.W. Whitmore, manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Wilson. Mrs. Cole was driving her car and had had no trouble until within about five miles of Salisbury. When they rounded a curve about 7 o’clock in the afternoon, they came in close contact with a Ford which the met, and Mrs. Cole had to swerve her car to the wrong side of the road to avoid a collision. Another car coming immediately called for another dodge and, the driver lost control of her car, running into the high bank by the side of the road. The car was turned on its side and the occupants were extricated with difficulty. Some negroes came upon the scene and helped in the rescue, and later some white men passed and took the injured to a Salisbury hospital.
Mrs. Cole is apparently hurt worse than the others. Besides painful bruises, one eye was cut, so that two stitches were necessary in the eyeball. It is feared that she may lose the sight entirely.
Miss Keel sustained bad bruises and had a front tooth knocked out and may probably lose two others. X-ray pictures taken Sunday did not show any broken bones. Miss Keel will probably be able to leave the hospital this week, but the condition of Mrs. Cole’s eye may require her to remain a longer time.
Mr. Whitmore was practically unhurt.
The automobile was damaged to some extent though not a total wreck as was first reported. The front fenders and running board were wrecked. Probably $200 will cover the damage.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925
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