Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-03
PINNED UNDER
TONNEAU, AUTOS
VICTIM MAY DIE
WEALTHY RANCHER BELIEVED
TO BE FATALLY HURT
ACCIDENT ON cENTlNELA ROAD
MAY COST LIFE
John Jonkin Sustalns Fractures Of
Ribs and Punoture of Lungs,
and Companions Are
Painfully Hurt
THE INJURED

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John Jonkin, rancher, Hyde Park. Frac-
tured ribs. lung punctured, bruises of hips
and shoulders. VIII probably die.
Barney Flynn, rancher, Hyde Park. Bad
" wrenched shoulder and knee body bruises
and abrased wounds of head and face.
George Weifenbach, contractor, 1876 West
Thirty fifth street, Los Angeles. Bruises
about shoulders and hips, wrenched knee
and abrased wounds of head and face.
Conrad Scherer, contractor, 832 West Sew
enteenth street, Los Angeles. Bruises about
head and shoulders and abrased wounds of
hips and body.
The automobile accident that oc-
Cured Sunday night on the Centinela
road, between Hyde park and Ingle-
wood, promises to be more serious than
was at first reported.
John Jonkin, a we'll known and
wealthy rancher, who was one of the
injured in the Inflated machine which
turned turtle, was so badly hurt that
his life is despaired of. Jonkin sus-
tained fractures of four ribs on the left
side and the ragged ends of the bones
were driven into his lung. Since he
was lifted from beneath the big ma
chine and carried to his home but A.
short distance away he has been suf-
fering excrutiatipg pain, and hemor-
rhage has followed hemorrhage, which
has greatly sapped his strength, and
in this weakened condition he is now
said to be afflicted with pneumonia.
Others Recovering
The other members of the party, with
the exception of Flynn, escaped with
comparatively trivial injuries and are
about town attending to their business,
although suffering considerably yet
from their misadventure.
The car which turned over was q big
White steamer owned by George Wei
fenbach, the marble and onyx con-
tractor, and accompanying him on an
all-day pleasure jaunt were three
friends.
The party had been to Redondo and
home, where he was to be left with
Flynn, who is foreman of his ranch,
and the others were to return to Los
Angeles.
In making a curve In the road near
Hyde Park the automobile, which was
running at high rate of speed, skidded
and exploded a front tire. The ma
chine sweryed completely around and
then turned turtle, pinning it's occupants
beneath the tonneau.
Both Weifenbach and Scherer were
able to drag themselves from beneath
the body of the car, and as soon as pos
sible secured assistance from a nearby
ranch house and lifted the big machine
so that Jonkin and Flynn could be
taken out.
Flynn was able with the aid of a stick
to hobble to the ranch house, but
Jonkin was SO badly injured that
he had to be carried on an improvised
Stretcher.
Victim Treated at Home
1t was not thought at first that JON
kin was seriously injured, and every |
effort was made to suppress informa-
tion of the accident Jonkin was
treated with old-fashioned liniments
and hot applications to his side, but
was finally compelled to call in ply
sician, who discovered the fractured |
ribs and explained that the constant |
loss of blood was from a ruptured lung. |
Flynn alsS was attended by the sur
geon, who is a physician for an acci-
dent company which Jonkin carries |
heavy policy. Messrs. Weifenbach and
Scherer were treated for their bruises
at their homes.
Sunday night Mr.. Scherer was asked |
about the accident and stated that he |
was not a member of the party in the |
wrecked machine, but had driven by in |
his own automobile and had assisted |
the persons in the wrecked car He
stated that he did not know any of the
victims and had not learned their
names.
Other members of the party also de-
MED that they had been in an accident
of any kind, and it was not until jon
kin was forced to call for the physician
of the insurance company in which he
carries a policy that the details of the
a ccident hecama known