Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1923-11-09 | Page 7 | Injure Tire by Curb Blow

INJURE TIRE BY CURB BLOW Internal Damage Done Does Not Always Al-ways Show Evidence of Harm nt That Time. When a tire suddenly blows out apparently ap-parently for no reason at all, It Is hard for the motorist to realize that the cause of the break was a bump against the curl) that the tire sustained sus-tained two or three weeks before. Because Be-cause the tire showed no external evidences evi-dences of damage at the time the bump occurred, the owner is likely to blame the tire when the internal damage dam-age done by the blow finally makes Itself It-self felt. A rubber tire will stand a great deal; it w(U deliver thousands of miles of service over rough roads, and wear amazingly under conditions thai are unfavorable. One thing that is like y to cause serious damage Is a pud-den, pud-den, heavy blow. The injuries done by such a blow are to the fabric that forms the carcass. The blow breaks some of the threads, ami this breaking gmduafiy spreads until the tire break down.