Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-08-18
A VERY SAD
ACCIDENT
MRS. RAsMus HAGE AND LITTLE
SON ARE DROWNED WHEN Au-
ToMo7iLE PLUNeEs INTO RED
RIVER,

A deep gloom was cast over the
city last Sunday afternoon when the
news reached here that Mrs. Rasmus
Hage and little son had found a wat
cry grave in the Red River at Oslo.
owing to an automobile accident. The.
sad occurrence came as a tragic end.
ing to what was intended as q pleas
ure trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Hage had
left Warren in their steam propelled
automobile with no particular destt-
nation in view, and had taken with
them their little son, Ralph, almost
two years old, Arvid Lindstrom,
neighbor boy about Is years old, and
Minnie Christensen, young girl
about Il years Of age. At first visit
to the Dredge, now working in Vega,
was talked Of, but as the road leading
up to it was passed unnoticed, they
sped on and crossed the Snake river,
and at $50 arrived at the ferry across
the Red river at Oslo. They had no
Intention Of crossing the river, and
when the ferry man asked if they
wanted TO go across, Mr.. Hage replied
that he did not like the looks of the
ferry. meaning the way it was prot
up to the approach Upon the ferry
mans assurance that he could fix
that and Immediately proceeded to do
so, the novelty of trip to the Dako-
ia side appealed to them all and Mr..
Hage run his car on to the ferry land
iPg ZsafSsTy on the other side. On 60
ing up the steep hill on the North Da-
kota side of the river, the automobile
failed to make the climb and
when about half way up started
back to the base Of the hill,
but was brought to stop
successfully by Mr.. Hage. Then the
second and fatal attempt was made
BEFORE quite reaching the top some
thing evidently went wrong with the
machine, which again started back
wards down the steep grade and ap-
proach and across the ferry, the car
tipping backwards at the edge of the
ferry and plunged with it's occupants
into the river. Mr. Hage at once
made desperate efforts to save his
wife and child. but was hindered in
his efforts by the Christensen girl,
who clung to him trying all she could
to save herself. Twice, Mr.. Hage
thinks he had hold of his wife, but
each time was compelled to let go,
Hans Swanson, of Warren, who had
come down to the ferry landing on
the Minnesota side, saw the whole
occurrence and Immediately jumped
into boat making for the other
shore: arriving at the spot of the acci
dent he looked into the turpid water
and saw the glimmer Of two hands
stretching upward. He reached down
and caught hold of them pulling Miss
Christensen out of the water. The
boy. Arvid Lindstrom, had saved him
self by swimming. Mr.. Hage, who
during all this time had struggled un-
der the water to save his wife and
child, had become utterly exhausted
and forced to rise to the surface. An
other boat had been brought around,
and repeated attempts made to find
Mrs. Hage and the baby, the current
evidently carrying them down stream.
Neither of them rose to the surface
once All this happened in less time
than it takes to tell it in words, and
when MIR. Hage began to realize what
had happened and what an over
whelming and irreparable loss he had
suffered, he became almost dazed and
overcome with grief. The search for
the missing ones continued, however,
and within half an hour from the
time of the accident, he body Of Mrs.
Hage was recovered about 100 feet be-
low stream from the place where she
fell in. The body of the little boy,
however, was not found before 10
o'clock In the evening near the spot
where the mother had been recover-
ed.
It was, indeed, a sad Homecoming
for the forlorn and hsartbroken hus
band late n the night. Words are
Inadequate to describe his agony OF
heart and the loneliness he felt at
being deprived Of the sweet compan-
ionship Of his wife and his child.
Mr.. Hase = Z very careful and
cool oiheaded man and q experienced