Two Cars Crash Into Each
Other at Bridge and Church Sts.
James Gifford May Be Very Seriously Injured—Miss Elsie
Diamond Had Her Left Arm Broken And Miss Edith Brewer
Was Badly Bruised — Both Gars Were Traveling Rapidly
And Several Fatalities Might Have Resulted
^ Two automobiles came together at
Bridge and Church streets at eight
o'clock last night. Pour of the occu
pants were injured, three of whom
are at the Day Kimball hospital.
Miss Elsie Diamond, daughter of S.
Diamond, had her left arm broken
and her shoulder badly bruised.
Miss Edith Brewer, whose home is
in New York hut who has been a
guest of the Diamond family for sev
eral weeks is badly bruised and<shak
en up but not seriously hurt.
James Gifford of this city waa ren
dered unconscious by the acciden'
and remained in that condition for
several hours. He may or may not he
very seriously injured,- the authori
ties at the hospital saying this morn
ing that they were unable to deter
mine as yet.
Miss Grace Kenary, who is book
keeper at the Diamond store, wns
slightly bruised. She was taken to her
home on Church street.
A Dort car owned and driven by
Harold Morrarty with James Gifford,
his sister. Miss Hazel Gifford ,ird
Miss Gladys Hermanson, all of this
city, for passengers, was crossing
Church street preparatory to ascend
ing the steep Wagner hill to Sunny
side. A Hupmobile car, the property
of Robert Diamond and driven by him
was coming north on Church stteet.
Its other occupants were his sister.
Miss Elsie Diamond, Miss Brewer and
Miss Kenary. Both machines were ev
idently traveling at a rapid rate, tor
both drivers realised and tried to pre
vent the collision that followed.
