The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-24

help keep the car from crushing
Heinrichs. and the other two girls
went to a farmers house for help.
''Heinrichs was conscious all the
time, although his head was pinned
under slightly. Had the car settled
a fraction of an inch his neck would
have been broken. He talked to us
while we pushed against the car to
keep it from crushing him, but sew
eral times he thought the end, was
near, and told us good-by. 1t was
an hour and half before the girls
could get help. When they did,
though, the farmers helped us lift
off the machine and Heinrichs got
out. Two of his ribs were cracked,
his knees were badly injured though
not broken, and he was bruised in
many places.
Route Book Warning.
at was an awful experience. and l
never want to pass through another
one like it. We were going about
-four miles an hour when we reached
the top Of the hill. We cautioned
Heinrichs to go slow, and he did.
By a strange coincidence we were
reading route book, which said the
hill was very treacherous. All OF a
sudden the brakes locked and we
started to skid. The car struck the
left side of the road and over we
went
Miss June Welch, Miss Weis, Mr..
Conglin and myself were in the ton
neat. Conkln was thrown against
me and fell | fell with the car.
Before Miss May WEIGH, who had
been thrown out of the front seat,
could open the tonneau door 10 let us
crawl out, found out that Conklin
was dead. | listened to hear him
breathe, but got no response. Then
we hurried to do what we could i'll
saving Heinrichs."
After Heinrichs had escaped the
automobile party was aided by the
Farmers They were driven to the
home of f. V. Straight in Redwing,
taking a train to st. Paul this morn
ing.
Last Saturday evening at eight
o'clock occurred the death of Mrs
Matt GunderSon at her home, one
mile north Of Rake, says The Brice'
| Ign Sentinel.
A pail of sadness settled over the
community when the word was pass,
ed from home to home that Mrs.
Matt Gunderson had passed away.
She was taken sick Friday night, a
! physician was Immediately called
she rallied and felt quite well, al
| though very weak but felt well
enough to be taken down stairs Sat
urday forenoon. Toward evening her
condition suddenly grew worse and
at the above stated time she passed
away to her home where pain and
sickness are not known. i'' !
Minnie Nelson was born Septem
Der Z, 1872, in Rome township, on
home Deceased is survived by heI
husband and seven children, -four
boys and three girls, two brothers
Joseph of Becker county, and Louis
of Mankato, and the sister, Mrs
Andrew Anderson, who resides neal
Frost. Louis and nMrs Anderson
were with their sister at the time Of
| her death. In her home she was
the true womanly woman, loving
wife and mother. Her loss is indeed
great to those near and dear in the
home life. -
Funeral services were conducted
at the home at twelve o'clock Tues
day and at the Hauge church al
three o'clock by Rev. Okerlund. The
relatives from away to attend the
funeral We're: Ed Gunderson and
+ Mrs. Cab Gmderson and son Elmer
Of Willmar, MINI. ".''
! George Fitzgerald died yesterday
afternoon at one of the local hospi
/ tails after an illness of month will
typhoid fever. He had been in st
Paul in the employ of the Consum
ers Power company. He completed
his work there about December Il
and began to feel i'll at that time
He had work to do at Anoka, how
! ever, and went there from st. Pau
and remained until about the first o.
| January, where he became so ill thai
| he came home and was taken to the
hospital. He contracted his illness il
! st. Paul. 81 .a
Mr.. Fitzgerald was born in Man
kato twenty-five years ago and lived
here all of his life, being away
only while employed in other cities
He was a young man who possessed
many friends, who will be grieved al
the news of his death. The funera
will be held in ST. Johns Catholic
church tomorrow morning at nine
o'clock and the interment will be al
Calvary cemetery.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Cornelius Fitzgerald of S04
| South Front street. one brother, Eu
gene, who is at home, and three sis
tiers. His sisters are Mrs. George
Albert of Minneapolis. Mrs. w. !
Volx of Hamilton, Iowa, and Miss
Nora, who is at home.
The pallbearers will be p. w. File
geau, John Wintheiser, Martin Ho
dapp. Merritt Coughlan, William
O'Brien and Fred Krost.
Mrs. Jane Chapman of this city
died at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Ed Grow, in Jackson. Mrs
Chapman resided at 525 Record