DRIVER SWERVES CAR TO AVOID HITTING WOMAN’S AUTO.

Lieutenant Tom B. Chandler Probably Fatally Injured – Expect Others to Recover.

One fireman was probably fatally injured and four others were badly hurt yesterday afternoon when the automobile chemical truck from the Oak Cliff station, Tenth street and Tyler avenue, overturned near the west end of the Dallas-Oak Cliff viaduct in an effort to avoid striking an automobile driven by a woman. The engine was answering an alarm due to a grass fire.

The injured are:

Lieutenant Tom B. Chandler, 211 Yarmouth street, probably fatally injured internally, three ribs broken and pelvic bones crushed, who is at St. Paul’s Sanitarium.

Calvin Smithson, hoseman, concussion of the brain and injuries to the neck, seriously hurt, who is at St. Paul’s Sanitarium.

A. B. Holcomb, horseman, badly wrenched knees and injuries about the chest, who is at St. Paul’s Sanitarium.

Third Assistant Chief E. O. Jones, sever cuts about the face and head and other cuts and bruises, who is at his home, 217 East Tenth street.

John Tubernor, horseman, fractured jaw and cuts and bruises, who is at the fire station.

There were only five men on the engine. Lieutenant Chandler was caught under the heavy machine as it fell over. The weight of the car rested on his body. The other men were thrown clear off the machine or were only pinned down with a slight weight. They were rapidly extricated and placed in private cars and sent to the Emergency Hospital. Jones, Chandler, Smithson, and Holcomb were afterward sent to St. Paul’s. Chief Jones later felt well enough to go home.

Chief Jones said the accident resulted when he turned to avoid a smaller machine as his automobile was approaching the viaduct. The small car was being driven by a woman on Lancaster pike just west of the viaduct. Chief Jones, who was driving, turned his car a little too far south, the wheels striking the viaduct curbing. The machine was traveling at a high rate of speed and its momentum threw it over on its side. Jones and Holcomb were pinned between the car and the viaduct railing, Jones’ head striking one of the railing posts as he was hurried through the air.

E. P. Landry, who was standing near the end of the viaduct, said Chief Jones tried in vain to stop the chemical engine. The machine responded to the brakes, but swung around side ways, striking the viaduct curbing.

The alarm had been telephoned to the fire station and only the one engine was making the call. No damage was done by the grass, which was burning. The chemical engine was badly damaged and will be placed in the shop for repairs.

Dr. A. R. Thomasson, who is attending the injured men, said Chandler’s chances to recover are very slight. He was pulseless all afternoon, but rallied some what last night. The other men will recover unless complications set in, he said. Chief Jones suffered most from excessive loss of blood.

The five firemen who were injured when the automobile chemical truck from the Tenth street station turned over near the west end of the Dallas - Oak Cliff viaduct, Tuesday, probably will recover.

Lieutenant Tom B. Chandler, whose condition was considered critical Tuesday night, was reported as resting easier last night at St. Paul’s Sanitarium. Calvin Smithson, hoseman, who was injured on the head and neck, suffered considerable pain yesterday. He also is at St. Paul’s Sanitarium. A. B. Holcomb, hoseman, who’s knee was injured left the sanitarium yesterday morning. John Tubernor, hoseman, whose jaw was fractured, is at his home on Thirteenth street.

Third Assistant Chief E. O. Jones, who was cut on the head and face, and otherwise bruised, was reported to be doing well last night at his home, 317 East Tenth street.

RECEIVED CRUSHED HIP WHEN AUTO TRUCK OVERTURNED AT END OF VIADUCT.

Tom chandler, a lieutenant at the Oak Cliff fire station, died at 8 o’clock last night at St. Paul’s Sanitarium from injuries received when the chemical auto truck in which he was riding with four companions on a call to a grass fire, overturned at the west end of the Dallas - Oak Cliff viaduct a week ago Tuesday afternoon. The other firemen injured were Calvin Smithson, A. B. Holcomb, E. O. Jones, and John Tubernor. Lieutenant Chandler received a crushed hip and internal injuries. He was 31.

Chandler’s home was at 214 Yarmouth street, Oak Cliff. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Chandler; a son, 8 years old; a daughter, 6 years old, his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Chandler of Dobbin, Texas, and by four brothers and seven sisters. His sisters are Miss. Gussie Chandler, Dallas; Miss. Sadie Chandler, Dobbin; Mrs. C. Harrison, Moore; Mrs. W. E. Whiteside, Athens; Mrs. William Campbell, Corpus Christi; Mrs. Will Stevenson, Plantersville; and Mrs. J. M. Murrough, French, N. M. The brothers are J. R. Chanddler, Dallas; George Chandler, Houston; Sam Chandler, who is in Washington; and William Chandler, who is in New Mexico.

No funeral arrangements have been made. The body is at the Loudermilk undertaking parlors.

Chandler – Funeral service for Thomas B. Chandler, lieutenant in the Dallas Fire Department, who died Wednesday of injuries received in an accident on January 30, was held at the residence of his sister, Mrs. D. L. Wilson, 401 West Jefferson street at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the Rev. L. B. Haskins and the Rev. W. C. Latimore officiating. The Woodmen of the World had charge of the service at the grave in Oak Cliff Cemetery. The active pallbearers were T. D., C. W., W. I., J. P., and C. G. Burgess and J. W. Hitts. The honorary pallbearers were the uniform members of the fire department. As many of the firemen as could be permitted to leave the stations at once attended the funeral.

Lieutenant Chandler was 33 years old. He has been a member of the department eleven years. He is survived by his wife and two children.