The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-07-31
Three People Severely Injur-
ed when Automobile Turns
Turtle on Grand Avenue
BAD ROAD CAUSED ACCIDENT
Geo. A. Lidberg, well-known Employee
of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company
and His Two Sisters Were Victims
Of Sunday Automobile Accident.

Three people were seriously injured
just before noon Sunday when an auto
mobile driven by George Lidberg, 3
foreman at the plant of the Thomas
B. Jeffrey Company, turned turtle OF
the Grand avenue road, two and halt
miles west of the city. The injured
included;
Mrs. H. Waldene, 1856 Southport
avenue, Chicago, right hip broken
and terribly bruised.
Miss Frieda Lidberg, 1437
Cleveland avenue, Chicago, right
shoulder AMI right arm broken
and terribly bruised and cut
George Lidberg, 457 Edwards
street, Kenosha, bruised and burn
ed about the head and face.
A fifteen year old son of Mrs
Waldene was slightly bruised in the
accident while a twelve year old
daughter of Lidberg and ten year
old boy, also occupants of the car, es.
capped practically uninjured.
Mrs. Waldene and Miss Lidberg are
now in the Kenosha hospital and it is
stated that they will recover from THEN
injuries. Lidberg was taken to his
home and his injuries are not consid-
cred serious.
The two Chicago women were sisters
of Mr.. Lidberg and they had come to
Kenosha on Sunday to attend a birth
day celebration at the Lidberg home
just before noon the party started to
take little ride out into the country
and Lidberg, who is a very careful
driver, was driving the car east along
the Grand avenue road when the acct
dent occurred. just after he turned
east off the Milwaukee road he en-
countered bad piece Of road and he
was driving the car from one side of
the road to the other in order to avoid
the ruts in the road. The car was not
running at high rate of speed. Lid
berg had turned the car to the north
and encountering another bad piece of
road he attempted to swing it to the
south when the car over balanced and
turned over into the ditch.
Lidberg and the two women and
young Waldene were pinned Under the
car, but the two other children were
thrown free Of it. Young Waldene
was able to crawl out from under the
car and he managed to enlist the aid
of some boys walking along the road
and the car was righted and the in
iured people released Before the car
was righted Lidberg was badly burned
about the face by the hot water run
ming from the radiators. Mrs. Wal
dene, Miss Lidberg and Mr.. Lidberg
were taken to farm house a few
yards from the scene Of the accident
and later DR.. M. A. Bernstein was call
ed to attend them. The two women
were removed to the Kenosha hospital
in an ambulance and later Lidberg was
taken to his home in an automobile by
Jerry w. DeCou. All of the members
of the party suffered from severe
bruises and it was at first thought that
Mrs. Waldene had suffered a broken
back, but after long examination the
surgeons decided that there were no
severe internal injuries.
The injuries to the two women are
SO serious that they will probably be
in the hospital for many weeks. It is
impossible to tell just what caused the
accident but Lidbefg seems to be of
the opinion that there was something
in the road which he struck and caus-
ed the ear to become unbalanced and
turn over.