Trending
Unconscious Six Hours
Following Accident, Late Sunday Night.
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2 CARS NEAR WRECKS
THIRD SLIGHTLY BUMPED
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Collision Occurred on Trunk Highway
No.7, About Five Miles West of New Ulm.
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Five out of nine passengers were more or less seriously injured, two cars were practically wrecked, and a third machine was slightly damaged, in a triple auto collision, which occurred on Trunk Highway No. 7,about five miles west of New Ulm, Sunday night, shortly before 11 o'-clock. Versions of the cause of the accident vary considerably, and as there were no eyewitnesses, except the occupants of the three machines, the exact details are difficult to determine.
Unconscious Six Hours.
The most seriously injured passenger was Miss Sophie Guemmer, aged 16 years, of this city, who with her sister, Miss Anna, a few years her senior, and Andrew Johnson and Lawrence J. Tierney of Sleepy Eye, occupied Mr. Johnson's new Overland Six sedan. She was rendered unconscious, and remained in that condition for six hours, as the result of a depression of the skull in the forehead, which at first was feared to be a fracture.Other injuries of a more or less serious nature include cuts and bruises about the head, face, arms and limbs. The young lady was brought to New Ulm by Vincent Hruska of Currie, who happened along, and received attention at the Loretto hospital.
Four Others Hurt.
Miss Anna Guemmer escaped with a small cut in her forehead, while Mr. Johnson had his right eye blackened and his right arm was cut by flying glass splinters from the windshield and rear window of his sedan. Mr. Tierney was cut across the nose at its base, and also received cuts in his right arm and hand, which required medical attention. The latter was at the wheel when the crash came. Leo Ditemann of Mankato, driving an old model Buick touring car, and alone, was slightly cut about the face by pieces of glass from his windshield.
Both Cars Nearly Wrecked.
The Johnson sedan had both the front and rear wheel on its left side splintered, both axles were badly wrenched, the chassis twisted, left side of body scraped, windshield and windows broken, and was otherwise damaged. The Ditemann Buick lost its left front wheel, the radiator was caved in, windshield demolished, chassis twisted, and the machine was, in general quite badly battered. Both cars were practically wrecked. The third auto, a Studebaker touring car, owned and driven by George Metzen,tenant on the old Bormann farm in Milford township, apparently got into the fray after the other two machines had collided. There was evidence of fresh grease on the right front spring. The right front light was smashed, and the radiator was dented in, presumably by a protruding part of the Johnson sedan. The damage, although comparatively slight, put the Studebaker out of the running. Mr. Metzen was accompanied by Mrs. Metzen and Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson. None of them were hurt.
Head-on Collision.
Regardless of the varying versions, the Johnson sedan and the Ditemann Buick seemed to have met in a head-on collision, the former going west towards Sleepy Eye, and the latter returning home from Lake Benton, and traveling east toward New Ulm. It seems that the Metzen Studebaker was ahead of the Johnson Overland.
On Way to Dance.
From statements made by the young ladies, it was learned that the party in the Johnson sedan was on its way to attend a barn dance in Mi-ford township, after having attended the park concert here.
New Ulm Review
July 28, 1926