The Archive · 1924

Motor Accident on the French Bund

Four Russians Severely Injurde and Car Reduced to Wreckage Four Rassians, three of them bothers and another the chanter 'a, motor car, were severely in. jured on Saturday night when the Machine. erased ints aa" oes polo in the middle of the French Bund alter midnight. 'The injured, Yseuoloft "Vikentieff, aged 24, Alexandvo Vikentieff 18. Niatcheslioft Vikenticff, 16, and Toheslowsky' Igor, driver,' have been removed t Ste, Marie's Bos. pital on Route Pare Robert, hwy ing sustained severe bodily' injuries, strained muscles and out and broken skins, Those inthe front scat must have been thrown right throw the windshield, for the car en running ae a terrific rate of speed.

Ie is reported that the car after it rounded the corner at Avenue Edward VIE while tassing could Rot negotiate the curve and wae forced into the post, but evidently the driver did not' know the ture of tha roads there, for. the natural centrifugal force' of making the tum would have sian the machine to the far side of the road, and as it war ib struck the POHts me the contro of the road.

moverist, who passed shortly Afterwards,' staten that he brought car to a stop 10 yards hoya scone of the trouble' and ax fay ug he could we there. wan nothing in ight" bub bite of broken glass vorifiying the theory that the speed must have been Both of the wheels on the right side wow stoaabed front the alos while the fenders were boobed in. The tonneau bad broken" ites loose from the chasse and tavern the Toure wai burning proving "rund ut the front ho batteries wore still in condition, Otherwise ib. wax a mass of Wreclenge and rain,

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