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Show Axtell Family In Auto Wreck Ed Watts, the well-known Axtell farmer, accompanied by Mrs. Watts, Miss Mabel and Lawrence and Calon Watts, narrowly escaped death when the car in which they were riding tipped over a 12-foot embankment at Sterling last Friday evening. Fortunately For-tunately none of the party was seriously seri-ously injured, although none escaped ... being badly bruised and scratched. Mr. Watts and his family were returning re-turning from Springville where they attended the Black Hawk War Veterans Vet-erans reunion and were negotiating the "horseshoe" curve at Sterling. Just as the car passed over the bridge it skidded and plunged down into the creek some twelve feet below, pinioning pinion-ing all under the car. Two of the children managed to wriggle from underneath the car and were enabled to release Mr. Watts. Mr. Watts hurriedly rescued his wife, she being the last one to escape. A hurried inspection revealed the fact that no bones had been broken and barring the severe bruises and scratches all n.. escaped luckily. In explaining his accident, Mr. Watts stated that a rain just a few minutes before had moistened the ground to a slippery condition and. although going only at a very slow rate of speed, just as his car, a Ford, crossed the bridge, it skidded and in some manner swerved ta the edge of the bridge, striking the railing. The rail broke and the car plunged down into the bottom of the creek. E. M. Jolley, who was returning from Man-ti, Man-ti, gathered the injured and carried them to their home at Axtell. The condition at the curve at Sterling Sterl-ing on the highway has long ago been condemned as one of the most dangerous dan-gerous along the route. The sharp curves and the steep grades on either side makes traveling perilous to drivers driv-ers and while many accidents have happened at the point only a few have proven very serious. It would be a wise act if some improvement could be made before some one is killed. The expense of building a larger bridge and widening the point where cars are forced to make the sharp turn, would make the highway more safe for travelers. |