Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-16
MRS. KEITH BLOW KILLED V1NgQl
MACHINE ooEs INTO olrc,e
NEAR LONG POINT.
MRS. l. c. BENNETT NAY
Dc FATALLY iNJUN1O
Miss Josephine Dye. Sister o. eQIA
Bennett, Has Hip D-etsn-ssape1
Picnic Party Has Unfortunate GNd~
ing on Homsward Jeuwsy-Assldea1
Not Due 70 Careless Driving.
Special to Times -Republ.can.

Grinnell, Oct. 1S.-what was Q happy
gathering OF Grinnell friends At q pic-
mic supper near Long Point. Tama
county. ended in a tragedy about I
o'clock Wednesday evening when ono
woman was killed. another was very
seriously and perhaps mortally in1urcd
and third was very badly injured. In
an automobile accident. Mrs. Keith W.
Blow. aged 80. was killed: Mrs. 1. c.
Bennett was probably mortaily injufed
and Miss Josephine Bye. = sister Of
Mrs Bennett. was very badly hurt.
Tho men Of tho party. Mr.. E.~31
Abel. who was driving tho car: NJ.
baby escaped with practically no hurtss
Abel was very slightly bruised ABOUT
the chest.
Car Runs on D'ks.
Taking with them pionic supper
the party had gone to the banks o4
the Iowa river near Long Point for an
outing. They had just starred home
when the accident happened. Abel had
just thrown the gearing OF the car from
low into intermediate when the seA6f.
Ills 6ctsS OtOAe oE u6Cu W WOEUs
All the members Of tho party are
agreed that the car was not travelling
faster than FIVE or six miles an hour.
The steering gear became useless while
the car was on a straight but dlked
road. down which the bank pitched ten
feet. The car ran to the side Of the
road. Two Of the wheels ran OF. but
by that time Abel had stopped the
car. 1t began tipping slowly At hrss.
but when It had passed tho centcs OF
balance 1t pitched sidewise down the
bank and turned bottom side up Ia the
ditch.
Three Pinned Under Car.
Three Of the seven occupants OF sho.
car were caught and pinned under tHS
body. Tho others were thrown frse o.
Jumped. Mrs. Blow. who was n tAos
tonneau. was crushed under the roar
edge Of the body. which lay across AeD
chest. Mrs. Bennett was pinned AoWns
near Mrs. Blow. Abel was caught unS
der tho front end OF tho body.
Blow. who was in the front seat with
Abel. jumped from the car and iaade4
on his feet. Mrs. Abel was thrown
clear OF the rolling car. as was also the
Bennett baby.
Mrs. Blow Conscious.
Mrs. Blow was still conscious when
the car was lifted from her and at tlrst
1t was not thought she was badly in
jured. She even told her husband that
she was not hurt. Later she lapsed In
to Inconsistencies and soon died. The
walls OF her chest had been crushed,
and 1t is presumed the fractured bones
penetrated the lungs and perhaps the
heart.
Mrs. Bennett sustained n most severe
and dangerous conclusion OF the brain
and perhaps Internal injuries. Miss
Bye's right hip Is fractured, and she
was badly bruised.
Section Men Give Aid.
Racing from the overturned car for
about three quarters OF mile to Ions
Point. Blow secured aid from section
men. They lifted the car from the im-
prisoned injured. Physicians who were
summoned from Tama and Chelsea ar
rived and later others from Grinnell.
The injured and Mrs. Blows body were
taken to Tama to tho home OF DR..
whalen. Mrs Benefits condition was
50 serious that she could not be novel
and she was left there. Early this
forenoon her condition. while stu SER
ious. was encouraging. Mrs. Blows
body and Miss Bye were taken to Mar
shalltown by the men OF the party and
brought home this forenoon.
Attachss No Blame.
Aitho the tragedy severely shocked
tho members OF the party. no blame 10
attached to anyone for the accidents
Mr.. Blow said no one was to blame.
and that Abel was a careful and cool
headed driver OF much experience.
Mrs. Blow came from an old and
well-known Grinnen family. She IL the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Man
ly. the former an ex-supervisor OF
Poweshiek county. She was born In
Des Moines and reared in Grinncli.
where she graduated from Grinnell
College with the class OF '02. Her pa
rents and three brothers. Carter, John
and Charles Manly, all of Grinnell, sur.
vive her.
Blow Travelling Salesman.
Blow. who is n brother Of Mrs. Abel,
!s part owner and a travelling sales
man for +. l. Abel 4 Co. jobbers Of
buggies. He and Mrs Blow had re-
turned Saturday from washington
state. where Mr.. Blow had been on
business.
Mrs. Bennett and Miss Bye are
daughters OF Mr.. and Mira Georgo H
Bye. another well-known Grinnell fame
lily. Miss Bye Is about 80 years of saee
While suffering intensely from her In.
jury. Miss Bye bore up bravely whils
being moved on . stretcher from -Tama
to Marstalltown and 0rinnell.
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