The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-07-27
Mr.. and Mrs. z. C. Simmons Jr.
and Guests Escape Death
at Viola, Wis, Friday
CAR TURNS A SoMERSAULT
Mrs. Simmons Suffers a Fracture of the
Right Leg and Miss Edith Brown
and S. S. Simmons Suffer
Severe Bruises
From Saturdays Daily


Mrs. z. G. Simmons Jr., Miss Edith
Brown and S. S. Simmons of this city
were all injured in an automobile &C
cident near the village of Viola, Wis,
shortly after noon on Friday. Mr..
Simmons and the chauffeur who were
also in the car escaped serious in
jury, but were badly bruised.
Mrs. Simmons was the most severe
| 1y injured. She is now in the Presby-
terian hospital in Chicago suffering
from a compound fracture of the right
| leg just above the ankle and from
severe bruises. Miss Brown suffered
a bad cut on the head and several
bruises about the body. She return
ed to her home here this morning and
is suffering considerably from the
shock of the accident. S. S. Simmons
had large cash cut in his face and
his eyes injured. He is also badly
| bruised.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons and their
guests had started on Wednesday for
Lacrosse to attend the state golf
tournament. They had been moving
along slowly and had planned to
reach Lacrosse early Friday evening.
The car seemed to be in, the best of
shape when they left the little village
of Viola and when they reached
Canab1e hill two and half miles from
the village the brake snapped and the
| big Thomas car started down the hill
at high rate of speed. The driver was
power1ess to stop the car and it dash
ed on with a terrific rate of speed.
The road is crookedlone and in MAX
ing turn the car turned on it's side
and turned over twice. The canopy
top on the car proved life saver for
the members of the party as it broke
the fall. It is thought that had the
canopy not been on the car all of the
members of the party would have
been killed.
AS soon as the car was overturned
it was discovered that Mrs. Simmons
was badly injured. A farm wagon
was secured in the vicinity and the
wounded members of the party were
taken into Viola where surgical aid
was secured. The broken limb of
Mrs. Simmons was set and later in the
afternoon special train was secured
from the Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway company and the entire
party started for Chicago. They
reached the city early this morning
and Mrs. Simmons was at once re-
moved to the Presbyterian hospital.
Her injuries are very serious and it
| may be several weeks before she is
able to return to Kenosha. The ex-
animation showed that bones had
been broken and sp1intered just above
| the ankle.
Narrow Escape for Lewis Machine
Mrs. U. ]. Lewis and a party of
friends narrowly escaped meeting Sc
rious injury in an auto accident on
Friday afternoon. In the car were
Mrs. Lewis, Miss Grace Clapp, her
guests, the Misses Sausman, of Chi.
cago, and Dan Lewis. When the
party were three miles from the city
on the Rowland avenue road, they had
pulled to the side of the road to allow
a farmers team to pass and in pull.
ing back into the road Mr.. Lewis
heard something snap. 1t proved tc
be the rear axle. The occupants OF
the car at once left the car and hur.
ried to farm house and te1ephoned
for aid.
Robert Nico11 went out to tow the
car in, and just as he started back
with it the rear axle broke off and the
car turned over into the ditch. II
seems almost mira cu1ous that the axle
did not break while the crowd of PEG.
pie were in the car.