The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-06-06
CORA WHEATLEY
DIES OF INJURIES
succuMes TO EFFECTS OF DIS.
II. TREsslNe ACCIDENT.
WAS THROWN FROM A BUGGY
AIiehts Head Foremost Against Tele
phone Post and Blood cIot On
Brain Results--Lived Only
Ten Hours.

A distressing runaway accident oe,
Cured Sunday evening near the inter
section Of Seventh avenue and Eley.
enth street, resulting in the death OF
Miss Cora Wheatley, one of the occu,
pants OF the rig, The carriage or sur.
rey in which "a party of young people
were driving was, overturned by the
antics of frightened horse and the
occupants were espilled out upon the
ground. Miss Wheatley was thrown
in such manner that her head struck
upon a telephone pole lying at the
side of the road. she was rendered
unconscious and died from the effects
of the hurt at five O'Clock Monday
morning.
Medical attention was called for the
young lady and symptoms that devel
oped after she had been taken to heT
home, the DeutSchman house, on
North Market street, gave evidence of
a blood clot at the base of the brain
A consultation followed and pnysi-
clans decided to operate Immediately
to try to save the girls life. An OPP
Grafton was performed by Drs. Cole,
Clark and Rodgers. A large blood
clot was found and relieved, but all
to no purpose, for the young nfe pass
ed out with the coming of the morn
ine. .
Roscoe Fairbrother AID Mel Man
ley secured a rig for the afternoon
and had been driving with Miss Grace
Deutschman and Miss Cora Manley
Mr. Fairbrother mad been driving AMI
experienced difficulty in managing the
horse which would shy ald plunge al
objects in the road, and was frightened
by the street cars. Mr.. Fairbrother
and Miss Manley left the rig about six
o'clock and Mr.. Manley and Miss
Dcutschman were to return it to the
livery 1t occurred to the young PEG,
pie to take Miss Anna Deutschman out
for a Snort ride, and Miss Wheatley,
VINO was at the house, was also asked
to accompany them. The party had
driven cast of the city, the horse still
acting nervous and reative. Manleg
was approaching the car line on Sew
enth avenue in Burnside's addition
when ne heard the car approach, and
turned the rig around. When near
Eleventh street the horse again took
1 fright at something and making a
sudden plunge overturned the car
riage. AS the animal began plunging
and trying to get away Miss Wheatley
\ asked to take the lines, as she was an
experienced horsewoman. Just at
this point the animal made the sudden
turn that overthrow the vehicle and
the occupants were all dumped ont
The animal was readily stopped by
people who Immediately came to the
assistance of the young folks. None
of the party with the exception OF
Miss Wneatley were Injured by the
incident, nor was the carriage, har.
ness or animal damaged or scratched
When it was seen that the young
lady was unconscious cot was
brought from neighboring house and
physician was Immediately hurried
to the Scene of the accident. The
girl was not moved until after eight
o'clock, and quite crowd of people
gathered in the vicinity.
The injured girl gained conscious,
ness once and recognized Miss Grace
Deutschman, She raiseu up, looked al
her waist, attempted to brush away
some dirt, thea saying, "Oh, my head
hurts lapsed into unconsciousness
from which she never recovered.
Miss Wheatley was most astim
able young lady. She mas been en-
gagged as book-keeper of the Hanna
Manufacturing Company and has re
sided in the city some little time.
The home of her parents is at Hills
borough, small townSlear Fort Mad.
ison She was about twenty years OF
age
Frank Lafferty of South First street,
was witness to the accident, and
when he came up the four wheels OF
the buggy, which was now upside
down, were revolving rapidly. He
was one Oh Iue uISI W dIllNS dI Inc
scene and the girl mad not been picked
up. She was unconscious and the
muscles and flesh were twitching in a
nervous spasm.
Relatives Are Reached.
Mr.. w. p Cleaver, manager of the
Hanna factory where the unfortunate
girl was employed, was informed OF
the accident and he FASTENED to the
assistance of the party. AS soon as
1t became apparent That the girl mad
been badly hurt he sought to reach
the relatives with communication.
The father, lobe Wheatley, is a
wealthy farmer and land owner resid-
ing about six miles from Hillsborough,
and the members of the family are
numerous. The mother is an invalid
and Is now at sanitarium in Kinks
vile, Missouri. The family could not
be reached by wire Sunday night, and
telephone wires we're down. The first
communication that reached destina-
tion was to a sister ABOUT nine O'Clock
this morning. after the death of the