Greencastle, PA Auto Accident, Oct 1920 - Auto drops 40 feet; two dead

Harrisburg Car Plunges Off Bridge at Greencastle Sunday

Two others badly hurt

Party Was On Way to Blue Ridge Summit, Injured Rushed to Chambersburg Hospital.

Crashing through the guard railing at a sharp curve at the end of the concrete bridge which spans the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at the northern end of Greencastle, 11 miles north of Hagerstown, a touring car filled with Harrisburg people went over the embankment Sunday morning, turning turtle as it struck the railroad tracks, 40 feet beneath. Two of the occupants of the care dead, two more are in a critical condition in the Chambersburg Hospital, while two others were less seriously injured.

The dead are John C. H. Care and Thomas McClintock, both of Harrisburg. Those injured are Mrs. Thomas McClintock and Mrs. Stephen Rowley, both in a critical condition in the Chambersburg Hospital. The less seriously injured are Stephen Rowley, driver of the car, suffering from shock, and Rosanna Care, little daughter of John C. H. Care, suffering from shock and lacerations about the head.

The automobile party was on its way to Blue Ridge Summit to spend the day. The machine was running at a rapid clip when the driver attempted to make the turn at the bridge. As it left the pike it plunged through the heavy guardrails, knocked down two telephone cables, and, reeling up a steep embankment, tore through a field rock and then went over the embankment.

The injured were rushed to the hospital at Chambersburg. Both Care and McClintock died as they were being taken to the hospital and injuries sustained by Mrs. McClintock and Mrs. Rowley were of such a nature that little hope was entertained for their recovery.

The machine was almost a complete wreck.

Source: The Gettysburg Times – Gettysburg, PA., Monday, October 25th, 1920 – Front Page

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