Richmond County GaArchives News.....Auto Smash Up October 25, 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Darlene Brooks jensmail2u@msn.com and Dorothy L. Fletcher dorothy010@ameritech.net June 19, 2005, 2:09 pm Augusta Chronicle October 25, 1912 Frank Green Driving at a high Rate of Speed Struck Dr. J.M. Caldwell's Machine, Seriously Disabling It----Green's Car Damaged Also. A real smash-up between two automobiles occurred on Broad street in front of the Bonita Theater, last night about 10 o'clock, in which both machines were badly disabled. The automobiles were owned by Frank Greene and Dr. J.M. Caldwell, the former being held at the police barracks, charged with causing the smash-up. Green, driving a Warren touring car, was going east on Broad Street, at a rate of about thirty miles per hour. As he crossed Jackson he sightly struck a machine that was turning into Broad Street from Jackson., which burst his right front tire, and broke his axle, causing his car to skid around to the right and run head on into Dr. Caldwell's car, which was standing idle in from of the Bonita Theater, knocking it several feet on the sidewalk. The owner of the automobile that was struck first by Green's car could not be learned, and little damage was done to it, according to witnesses. Besides Greene, there were two negro men in the car with him, when the accident occurred, who jumped out and ran. The car owned by Dr. Caldwell had two wheels crushed, front axle sprained and both left fenders smashed in. The whole front end of Green's car was smashed in and the damage will amount to over $100.00. Both cars were so badly damaged that it took over an hour to remove them from the street. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/richmond/newspapers/autosmas2208nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb