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A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.

Bennet E Titus Escapes Almost Miracu-
lously


We do not have at this writing all of the details of 
a most distressing automobile disaster in which
two men were crushed recognition while the former editor
the Northern Christian Advocate, Bennett E. Titus, 
narrowly escaped with his life. About a week ago Mr. 
Titus left Syracuse on business trip.  At Utica he 
met Mr. J. E. Dodge, of Malden, Mass. a family rela-
tive, who invited him to spend Sunday with him at
his camp in the woods. They went togeather to Port
Henry, where on Saturday evening Mr. Dodge met
his touring car, and with Mr. Titus and Mr. Lock-
wood Reed, of Port Henry, started for his camp in the 
woods ten miles away.


About a week ago Mr. Titus left Syracuse on a 
business trip. About noon on Sunday Mrs. Titus re-
cieved from her husband a telegram saying there had
been a terrible accident, but he was safe.  Mrs. Titus
started Monday for the Port of Henry. From the dis-
patches in the dailies we learn that when six  miles
out from Port Henry Mr. Dodge lost control of the 
machine in some unaccountable manner and the car
dashed into a stream known for Muddy Brook and
turned turtle, pinning Dodge, and Reed underneath.
The two men were unable to move. Instantly 
there was a heavy explosion and the car took fire,
burning the victims beyond recognition. How the
accident occurred will probably never be known. It 
is thought that the two men were killed before the 
machine took fire. There is a high embankment near
the scene of the accident and the heavy machine 
plunged over this, throwing Mr. Titus twenty feet into
the air and landing him in soft mud at the edge of
the creek. At the same moment there was crash
and roar of exploding gasoline that was heard for 
two miles. Mr. Titus escaped uninjured, except for a
severe shaking up. He is unable to tell how the acci-
dent occurred. Whether or not this terrible disaster
came of fast driving we do not know; but we do know 
that the slaughter of people by the automobile is be-
coming alarmingly great and it generally is the result
of fast driving; but at the present stage of the craze no 
automobile can be made to believe he drives to fast.

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"A Frightful Accident.," The Northern Christian Advocate, 30 Jul 1908, (GenealogyBank.com : accessed 11 December 2020), Vol. LXIII, issue 31, page 4.

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