The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-07
Oscar Wall and chas. Tronyig,. Of
Jeffrey Co. Have Narrow
Escape From Death Il
SHOW CAR WAS DEMOLISHED
Gates Failed to Come Down in Time to
Stop the Car and it was Struck
by Fast Passenger Train at
Four O'Clock

Oscar Wall, employed in the testing
department of the Thomas B. Jeffrey
company, and Charles Tronvig, an
employe of the Office of the same COM
pany, had miraculous escape from
death just after four O'Clock Monday
afternoon, when an automobile in
which they were riding was struck by
the fast passenger train on the Chi
cago and Northwestern road which
arrives in Kenosha just after four
O'Clock. The accident occurred at
the Prairie avenue crossing and
while both men escaped practically
Inhurt, splendid automobile, which
had been built especially for use at
the Chicago automobile show was
completely demolished.
Charles T. Jeffrey and G.. F. Dan
forth and Edward Collier had crossed
the railway tracks a second before
the accident occurred and they wit
messed the collision between the train
and the auto.
Wall was at the wheel and with
Tronvig as companion, he had left
the factory a few minutes before the
accident, planning to take the car to
the warehouse of the Hill Boat COM
pany to ship it to Chicago for the
automobile show. The car was No.
"a and was valued at $1,000. 1t was
one of the best cars made by the JEFF
fiery company and great care had been
given to the finishing of it. Mr.. JEFF
ferry and others had started with the
car from the factory in order that
they might personally watch the load
ing of the car.
AS Wall approached Prairie avenue
just behind the car driven by Collier
he noticed that the gates were up and
without fear of accident he proceeded
toward the tracks. When he was a
few feet from the tracks he saw the
train approaching and at the same
time the gate on the west side of the
track came down. Tronvig saw the
danger impending and leaped from
of the road. Wall attempted to leave
the car but he was so held in by the
steering wheel that it was Impossible
to get out. The car crashed through
the gate directly in front of the ap-
preaching train. In a second the
collision took place and the car was
thrown high IL the air by the awful
force of the train. Portions of the
car were thrown over hundred feet
but Wall and the main part of the car
landed about forty feet from the place
where the collision had taken place.
People who had been near the scene
of the accident hurried to the assist
ance of Wall expecting to find him
terribly injured, but by the time they
reached the broken car the driver had
pulled himself out of the wreck and il
was found that he had suffered only a
few slight bruises. Mr.. Jeffrey was
one of the first men to the aid of the
driver.
possible but it was running at such a
terrific rate of speed that it was i'm.
possible to stop it until after the ParE
street crossing had been passed. The
trainmen returned to the scene of the
accident and finding that no one had
been killed the train went ahead just
as if nothing had happened.
The loss will be decidedly bother.
some to the jeffery company as the
car was to have been used for demon
STATIONS at the Chicago show.