The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-25
AGED WOMAN
 HURT BY CAR Mrs. Matilda Knabe is Severely Injured. RIGHT LEG IS CRUSHED Pushed Under Wheels by Crowd
 at Fair. Mether of Two Froni,ent Montgomery Draggists Is victsn of Terri- ble Accident While visit-
 ing Her Sons.

Carried off her feet and pushed be- heath . moving street car by an im- patient crowd of sight -seers anxious to return to their. homes. Mrs. Matilda Knabe. of Knoxville. who is visiting her three sons in Montgomery. was se- riously injured about 5:45 o'clock last evening by having her right leg ground beneath the wheels of the car.
 The injured woman, who is seventy seven years old. was removed to an infirmary, where the limb was ampu- tated just below the knee. and at a late hour last night. she was reported to be resting as comfortably as could be expected.
 MrD Knabe came to Montgomery last Friday to visit her three sons. c. A. Knabe. H. F. Knabe and J. P
 Knabe. and has been staying at the home of H. F. Knabe ,on Wilkinson street Yesterday a g aftefssoon i. at, o'clock. in company with her son, c. A. Knabe. she paid her first visit to the State Fair. enjoying herself to the Him.
 1t. despite her advanced years.
 At the conclusion or the racing pro-
 gram. Mrs Knabe and her son started
 to return to the city. leaving the grounds in company with probably 5OG
 or 800 other tired visitors to the ex- hibition. The crowd was very impa- tfent. and refused to wait until he | cars had stopped, but seeing that there
 were more people than could be accom-. l modated on the single Car and tive trailers that weer coming. boarded the
 car as 1t moved along. despite the eff. forts of the street car employees to keeI
 the people back.
 One car had been filled, and had gone l to town. while the crowd waited, ana | as the car and trailers moved into DO.
 sftion. the people nearest the track jumped upon 1t and secured seats. This l increased the eagerness of the hum | dreds in the rear to obtain places or
 the cars. and while they were stir
 moving. though at but a snail's pace | the crowd suddenly surged forward everybody actuated by the common de.
 sire for A chance to ride to the city. Mrs. Knabe and her son were nea, the car tracks and the aged woman was caught in the sudden movement oi the crowd and swept from her feet The rear wheel of the leading car, on the side nearest the Fair grounds struck her right leg. above the ankle
 and mangled the flesh on one side. and the bone, so there was no chance of saving the limb. It hung to the upper iiIO oHiy uy d lcw SuTcuo VI hCSu OH one side.
 The car was stopped within few In ches. before the wheel had entirely
 severed the limb. in fact. and the in jured woman was taken aboard one oi l the trailers, and was brought imme. diately to the city the cars making nc stops en' route except necessary ones at the switches. As soon as she had arrived in the city. the ambulance | which had been summoned by tele- phone, conveyed the injured woman to the infirmary
 Mrs. Knabe Is the widow of Profes- sor c. R. Knabe, we'll known through out the South who died at his home in Knoxville a few months ago. Her condition last night was stated to he
 fully as good as expected. though nothing definite could be stated as to the probable outcome of her injury owing to her advanced age. She bore the pain of the accident with remark able fortitude for one of her age. Two sons of Mrs. Knabe. G. A. Knabe and H. F. Knabe. are prominent drug
 gists of Montgomery The third son,
 J. P. Knabe. is a we'll known real es- tate agent.