Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Travel Tuesday: Autos Collide (1919)

Alexandria Gazette
27 June 1919

AUTOS COLLIDE

J. S. Russell, Prince William County, Received Slight Injuries Last Night

John S. Russell, of Prince William county, Va., was cut about the face by broken glass from the windshield of an automobile in which he was a passenger, driven by Henry Carter, of Prince William County, when Carter's automobile and an automobile driven by F. W. Wehrman, this city, collided at King and Columbus streets.  Russell's injuries were dressed at Alexandria Hospital.

Both machines were considerably damaged.  The collision was a head on affair and the crash attracted a large throng. Police Sergt. Scott soon arrived and the matter was satisfactorily adjusted between the owners of the cars.


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