The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-10-13
John Goergen and Team OF
Horses Killed When Team
and Electric Car Collide
PASSENGERS IN CAR INJURED
Car Was Running Without Any Head
Light When it Crashed Into the Team
and Wagon and Remains of Goergen
Were Terribly Mangled.

John Goergen a well known farmer
of the town of Somers was killed and
half q score of passengers on an inter
urban car on the Milwaukee, Racine
& Kenosha Electric Railway company
were injured just after seven Q clock
Wednesday evening when a north
bound car on the railway collided with
a team and wagon in which Goergen
was driving. Goergen not only met an
awful death but both of his horses were
killed and the wagon, heavy farm
wagon WAS demolished The force of
the collision was sufficient to throw the
car from the tracks into the fence to
the east of the railway and the passen-
gers panic stricken by the collision
were thrown in a mass to the floor Of
the car. Fortunately none Of them
were seriously injured. The accident
tied up all traffic "a this portion of the
interurban line and it was not estab-
lished again until late this morning
The accident is thought to have been
due to the fact that the head light on
the electric car was not in working
order and Georgen who had driven on
to the track to avoid coming auto
mobile had no warning Of the approach
of the car until second before he
was struck and hurled into eternity.
Georgcn must have died instantly as
his body was terribly mangled when it
was picked up some seventy feet from
the scene of the collision. The skull
was fractured and the entire body
bruised and many bones broken. 1t
is thought possible that Goergen at
tempted to leap from his wagon when
he saw his peril and went directly in
front of the car. The remains of Goer-
gen were brought to Kenosha and taken
to the Hansen morgue and this morn
ing jury was called to investigate. the
accident, The Jury will make thor
ough investigation and if possible fix
the blame for the death of Goergen and
the injury of the other people. A mum
Der of the passengers on the car were
from Kenosha but none Of these people
were seriously injured The list of the
injured included;
Joseph Baron, of Milwaukee, conduc-
tor in charge of the car, chest bruised
and legs cut.
William Burkhart, motorman, Mil
waukee, head cut and badly bruised.
j. A. Dankey of Racine, bruised.
L. Cook Of Racine, slightly injured
about head and body.
George Cali, Racine, severely bruised
about arms and chest.
Homer, Stephens Of Racine, injured
about legs and body
Joseph Titeieie of Racicne, badly
bruised about legs and body
Clara Hubel, Racine, bruised and
shaken
Chas Miltendor of Racine cut and
bruised.
Mrs, M. McDermott, Kenosha, badly
bruised and suffered considerably from
shock
Miss Ethel Blush, Kenosha, suffered
bad bruises and suffered severely from
shock
Charles Bernie, Kenosha, injured
about the lower limbs.
Edward Steinbach, Kenosha suffered
severe bruises.
The car which collided with the Goer-
gen team had left Kenosha at 6:45
p. m. Before leaving the Kenosha sta
tion the motorman had attempted to
light the head light but it failed to
burn and he decided to make the sun
to Racine with view Of having the
light repaired there before continuing
on the trip to Milwaukee. Goergen
had left his farm on the Birch road
early in the afternoon to haul load of
cabbage to Berryville and he was on his
way home at the time Of the accident.
He had stopped for minute at Cen.
trail Park and after getting a drink Of
water had started for home. 500 yards
south Of the park an automobile was
coming up from the south and Goergen
turned his team of the road and drove
over the west rail of the track in or.
der to pass the automobile. Slipping
along at a rate of fourteen miles an
hour the electric car came upon him
without any warning and tie c4ash
which followed threw the passengers in
10 panic. There was great excitement
among the passengers but as soon as
possible they crawled out of the car
and the more thoughtful ones went to
Central Park and to the home of Frank
Oberst, within a few feet Of the scene
Of the accident and telephoned for
aid. Special cars were at once sent out
from Racine to pick up the injured pas
sengers and wrecking crew went out
from the saIue station to make an eff
fort to clean up the tracks and make
\ possible the resumption Of traffic on