Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-12
ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED
WHEN CAR cRAsHEs INTO
vlApvcT ADuTMENT.
MuscATiNE MAN DEAD;
ANOTHER FATALLY HURT
Driver Of Machine Running Fifty Miles
an Hour, Loses Control When hs
Hs,itatss a. to Which Path to Take
- Accident oeeurs ut Rock Island
Approach to Arsenal viaduet.

Munroe. a prominent real estate and
insurance man OF Muscatine' was
killed; John E:rcn was probably fatal
ly injured, Charles Fox sustained
broken collar bone, and William Hingst
received a fractured rib and was pain
fully bruised about the body. when an
automobile in which they were riding
at q high rate of speed, struck the
ehntment at the Rock Island entranc.
to the arsenal about 9:40 Wednesday
night.
Mr.. Munroe's skull was fractured
and he received scalp wound over
the right temple, suffering conclusion
Of the brain. and never regafning con-
seriousness after he was taken to the
hospital.
Mr.. Niren is now lying in st. An
thongs hospital suffering with con-
cussion of the brain, and 1t Is feared
by his physicians that he will die.
William Hingst had a most miracul-
GUS escape. He was pitched twenty
feet from where the car struck, but
he was able to walk back to it. He
sustained a fractured rib and was
bruised about the body.
Charles Fox, driving the car, is suf-
fering with broken collar bone.
The men left Rock Island about
$3.50. Fox. at the wheel. made the
statement that they would be in Mus
catine in one hour and fifteen minutes.
The machine seemed to be in excellent
working order They glided along the
OF ~ Toll
rived at the slough bridge, when Fox
CINE full sway.
The guard on the small bridge estt-
mated that they were travelling at
rate Of about fifty miles per hour.
When the car had reached the sum-
NIT of the grade on the Rock Island
side Of the small bridge, ii jumped
forward under full power. 1t sped
along the smooth surface Of the bridge
and bounded over the pavement at
terrific rate.
When they arrived at the turn 1t ap-
pears the driver was undecided as to
whether he should steer the machine
up Fort Armstrong avenue or go thru
the arsenal He hesitated for frac-
ton Of a second and 1t was fatal From
the way the car struck the abutment
it is evident that he attempted to swing
1t around thru the arsenal. The turn
was too abrupt and the car skidded,
crashing broadside into the abutment
at the north side Of the entrance to
the arsenal
The machine was wrecked. Munroe
was caught between the concrete wall
and the broken and twisted frame
work. Niren lay unconscious in the
rear seat. The jolt lifted Hingst from
the seat and he was pitched forward,
from the solid foundation. Fox, who
was driver, also fortunately escaped
possibly instant death when the car
struck from the side rather than at
the front.
Hingst was able to testify at the
coroner's inquest in Rock Island yes
terday forenoon.
He said that the party had left Mus
catine in the afternoon in q Buick s.
passenger car. On approaching Blue
Grass the car broke down. They re-
paired 1t and resumed the journey.
Arriving in Davenport they stopped at
the Hotel Davenport and had dinner.
Munroe, Niren and Hingst went over to
the Harms hotel, Rock Island. and Fox
Remained in Davenport to look over
the car. He Joined them at the Harms
hotel later.
They left the hotel shortly after 9
o'clock on the return to Muscatine. On
leaving Fox said:
I'VE are going to make it in an
hour and Is minutes
William Hingst is stationery en-
gineer in the German American bank
building in Muscatine.
The verdict of the coroner's Inquest
was that the death OF Munroe had been
due to an auto accident. The body
of the unfortunate victim will be sent
to Muscatine.