The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-02-14
C0ASTINC PARTY
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Coaster Loaded with Ten Young Mer
coIIides With Bus and Young
Men Seriously Injured.
LEGS BROKEN AND HEADS CUT
Frank Ransom Has Leg Broken in Two
Places and is Otherwise
Badly Hurt.

An accident, the inevitable, re-
suit of boys coasting upon a
street where traffic is carried on,
occurred on Monday evening, when
bob, loaded down with ten
young men, going at the rate of IS
miles an hour, collided with bus and
broke the heads, fractured the limbs
and otherwise injured the young men
in question.
The accident took place about $3.50
In the evening. Just after the pas
senger train from the east had left
the station Jerome Milton, driving the
bus with a lady passenger, started
north on Dyer street, and had scarce
ly turned into the street when the
bob, coming from the north at ter
rife rate of speed, smashed into the
bus, nearly upsetting it and scatter
ing the young men in all directions.
When they recovered themselves
it was found that Frank Ransom had
his right leg broken in two places.
the fractures being of such an aggra-
vated nature that the bones protruded
through the flesh. In addition he had
q serious flesh wound where one of
the bolts of the bob penetrated his
right leg.
George Boiling sustained an injury
to his ear, which required number
of stitches to insure it's permanent at
tachment.
Bert Miller had wound on the side
of his head, which threatened concus-
sion of the brain.
Ray Mahoney had an injury to his
jaw, which was not so serious.
Ray Miller sustained an injury to
one of his limbs and Carl Welch suf-
fered on account OF a jolt to his teeth.
Other boys, John Volquartsen and
Phillip Ransom, were more or less
shaken up, but escaped without serious
injury.
Mrs. P. j. Farrelly was a passenger
in the bus at the time of the collision,
and as soon as it was known what
had happened, she escaped and made
her way on foot to her home. No
persuasion could induce her to re-
main in the bus. Fortunately, how
ever, she sustained no injury.
The injured boys were loaded into
the bus and hurried to the care OF
physicians, where they received
prompt and careful treatment, with
the exception of Frank Ransom, who
was taken to the hospital, where he
is now confined, the other boys being
taken to their several homes after
the doctors had patched them up. The
aggravated injury received by Frank
Ransom can be accounted for by the
fact that he was steering the bob at
the time of the collision.
1t has been a notorious fact for
weeks that this particular street, on
account of it's suitability for coasting,
has been appropriated by the boys for
that purpose, and the public authori-
ties should have interfered and
stopped the practice, or should have
prohibited traffic upon the street.
There are those who will condemn
the boys for coasting, but criticism Of
this nature will come from people who
have forgotten how strong the tempta-
ton to them was when they were
children, because you might as well
try to keep a duck out of water as to
prevent young people, and sometimes
older people, from coasting where the
conditions are favorable.
The street on which the accident
happened is one on which there is but
little travel, and what little there is
could easily be diverted to other
streets in the neighborhood, and we
think the city authorities should have
interested themselves in preventing
people from driving teams up the cen.
ter of this street, and If not, then the
BOYS should have been prevented the
use of the street for the purpose OF
coasting. We sincerely hope that the
accident will prove warning to the
boys, and all others, of the danger OF
coasting under conditions where such
high rate of speed is attained as in
this case, and especially where teams
are being driven.
It is reported that the five blocks
from Martin Saggau's corner to the
depot was covered in the neighborhood
of "a seconds. This would be at the
rate of about Is miles an hour.