Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-02
Five Injured in an
Automobile Wreck

Potter County News; One OF the
most disastrous automobile accidents
which has ever happened in this part
OF the state occurred last Sunday af.
ternoon at about o'clock, when a
Ford automobile Z :: s,e::. 81. 5y sSTon scarf
vet and containing Ave young people
turned turtle about six miles east of
Gettysburg. All OF the occupants OF
the the car were injured, two very ser.
iously.
Krdon Scartvet, the driver and own.
er Of the car, had taken w. J. Breene,
Albert Tonsley, Miss Bessie Hemsted
and Miss Minnie Welch to lebanon
that afternoon. They were returning
home, intending to reach Gettysburg
by 4 o'clock, when Miss Hemsted, one
of the telephone central girls, was ex.
pected to go to work When about
six miles east OF town one of the bars
under the car which braces the front
axle gave way, and the car became
unmanageable. No one knows just
what followed. Some of the party
say that they have dim recollections
of being up in the air, but no one of
them are at all clear about 1t, as all
FIVE were unconscious for at least a
few minutes after the smashup Mr..
Breene was the first to recover con-
sciousness. He found that he was
pinned down under the front fender
and that the hot water from the radi-
ator was pouring over his legs. His
cries and Attempts to release himself
aroused Kron Scartvet. who found
that he was able to get out from under
the car, and that aside from few
minor bruises was unhurt. He ne
leased Albert Tousley, who was pin
ned under the back seat of the car,
with a dislocated wrist and other
minor bruises. The two of them to-
gether We're able to release Mr. Breen
who was the worst injured of the
three men, having suffered badly from
hot water burns on his legs and from
numerous cuts and bruises.
Miss Hemsted was thrown about fiji
teen feet clear of the car. Apparent
ly she struck the ground on her head
and shoulder, as. one side Of her head
wss frightfnlly torn and bruised, and
her shoulder was mashed to pulp,
although no bones were broken. She
was unconscious when found, and at
the time of writing has not yet re.
gained her senses for more than a
minute or two at time. 1t is feared
that she has suffered a severe con.
cussion of the brain, and the outcome
is anxiously awaited. Miss WEIGH
was also thrown ten feet or more from
the car, and struck crossways of the
deep ruts in the road. One of her
legs was broken just above the knee
joint, and she was badly injured on
her left side, just how seriously Is
not yet known. She has suffered In.
tensely ever since the accident and is
in a very dangerous condition, al
though hopes are indulged that she
will recover from her injuries.
After the men in the party had done
what little they could to straighten
out matters one of them went mile
to the nearest telephone and sent in a
call for help. In the excitement OF
the moment he talked to lebanon
instead of to Gettysburg and car
was ent out of lebanon. driven by
John Mair, who brought the entire
party into Gettysbura Medical at
tention was summoned as soon as
possible and everything possible is be-
ing done for the injured members of
the party. 1t is hoped that no more
serious results will follow than have
already developed.