The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-25

Front street, ana from tHen on
could feel that everything was not
as it should have been. Before we
arrived at LeSueur had blow out,
and my wife suggested that we re-
turn home and not try to make the
trip. l. refused of course, and be-
fore we reached our destination we
had two more tire accidents"
The last accident occurred to Mr..
Hohmann's party while they were de,
scending a long hill which approach
es Bloomington bridge. There is
a sharp turn in the road, almost a
right angle, and as he neared this
curve, Mr. Holman was hitting up
a lively gait. The car was coasting,
propelled by it's own momentum.
Mrs. Hohmann warned him as they
descended, saying that they We're
going too fast. Mr.. Hohmann ap-
piled the brake, but IL GIi not hold,
and as he reached for the emer-
gency brake, ne felt the car skid
around the anrye, and in an instant
they were under it. The car was
resting, wheels in the air, athwart
the road, when the other cars came
up. Mrs. Hohmdnl was lie first to
get out from under the wreck, and
she screamed for help.
Help Near at Hand.
DR.. and Mrs. C. H. Nerbovig, Mr..
and Mrs. F. w. Bates, William
Schwender, Otto Lamm, r. E. Brown
were among the first to reach the
scene of the accident, and as they
arrived, Mrs. Clement Schroeder
was crawling out from under the
car. She had raised it sufficiently
with her shoulders to enable her to
extricate herself, but she strained
her shoulder badly in doing so. Mr..
Schroeder was thrown partly out
of the machine, blood vessel in
his back burst and his back was
painfully wrenched. His lower
limbs were cut and scratched. As
he fell out his head struck the
ground. Miss Clotilda, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder was un.
der the car, but was not badly hurt
She suffered a number of bruises
Every member of the party was
badly shaken up and their nerves
were shattred from the shock.
Pinned Under the Car.
John Fl. Hohmann, who had been
steering the machine, was. lying
crosswise on his right side, pinned
under the steering wheel and OIL
foot was caught in the levers in
the floor of the machine. His head
was cut on the left side, and he
was lying in a pool of blood. One
of his shoes had to be taken off in
order to extricate the foot. The
front of the machine wos raised
with an automobil, jack and then
lifted so that Mr. Hohmann could
be dragged frora under mis- car.
All of the party are very thank
full to be alive today, and still more
thankful that they are able to be
around.
Taken 20 Club House.
Autoists from Jordan took the in
jured ones back to the club house
and R. E. Brown. phoned to Shake
pee for DR.. P N. Fischer. He ar
rived and after doing what he could
for them, they were taken to Saw
age by John P. Hammond of Min
of ho nj,
A number of people were at the
club house, among them, Roy Tlill
secretary of the Minneapolis auto
mobile club, and all lent willing
hands to make the victims of the
accident as comfortable as possible
When he was returned to the club
house, Mr. Holman advised those
about him that he was not badly
hurt and to direct their attentions to
the injured ladies. He was more
concerned over their fate than he
was of his own troubles. Also he
asked that Mr.. Schroeder be looked
after.
Last evening Mr.. Hill conveyed
Mr. Hohmann and the others to
Savage where they boarded an Oma
ha train for Mankato. Mr. Hob
mann's left shoulder and arm arr
badly wrenched, and the left side
of his head has a long cash on It
The others are recovering rapidly
from their injuries.
The Pence Auto company of Min
neapolis sent out truck to brins
in the damaged machine and will
return it on Tuesday or Wednesday
of next week. The top is smashed
the right rear wheel is caved in
and the radiator and lamps are brok
en-. This is the third time in the
last month that a car has turned
turtle at this same place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holman and daugh
ter went today to their summer
home at Lake Madison, where they
will remain for several weeks.
When the news was received il
Mankato late yesterday afternoon
that Mr. Hohmann and members O.
his party had been injured, the tele
phones in the newspaper offices were
kept busy, so many of the friends o
Mr.. Holman and Mr.. Schroeder ant
families being anxious to learn tn,
particulars and how badly the vic
Tins were injured. Calls from man.
neighboring towns indicated the in
terest many people took in Mr.. Hob
mann's welfare.
There were accidents to severa
autos on the home trip. When neal
Shakopee an auto that was attempt