Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-09

+ Beatrice PentOny-escaped without
Z receiving any injuries, d, Il. B. 81: !. s3tty
"a Mrs. Andrews and her children and
Miss Pentony i, had been in I Dubuque
Aduring the day, and were on their
way home when the shocking fatality
took place. 1t appears that Claude
had no difficulty with the machine
during the day, until after they were;
some distance west of Dyeysville on
4 their way home He told his mother
that something about the stearing
gear was not fright and stopped $ the
! car and examined it.. Not finding
anything wrong the party went on
! their way When near the intersec-
Y ton OF the Dyersville-P Petersburg, road
i the awful accident took place. Diff
ferent reports are current as to
the manner in which the accident is
supposed to- have happened So Those IN
! the car have only a Gim recollection
.of what transpired Miss Pentony
states that she heard q crash and all
4 that she remembers Of what translir-
led for a few seconds was that she
saw Claude strike on the frame Of
the Windshield, u and she herself was
1 hurled into the airS and alighted In
the road some twenty-five feet from
the car. When she came back to
where the other occupants of the car
& laid she at once realized the serious
ness OF the situation and lost no
time in giving what assistance she
could to the injured, and then ran,
toEass farm house and summoned med
icals aid and notified the husband
an; father. In a. very short time
Mr.. Andrews and Dr.: J "A. May, and
Dr. Meythalcr Of Earlville were on
n the scene. Claude, who was driving
1 the car at the time the accident
d took place was fatally injured. He
never gained consciousness and death
releasing him from suffering in about
half an hour. The injured members
of the party were hurriedly brought
i to their home in. Manchester where
4 their injuries were attended to. The
remains Of the young man were also
brought to the family, home. !.
The news OF the tragedy spread
rapidly in h Manchester and several
auto loads or Manchester people
rushed to the scene, and gave what
assistance they could. Some Of those
who were at the scene Of the tragedy
:.
clare that the car made a complete
turn over, while Others state that 1t
had not, because the. steering wheel
and windshield frame were not brok-
en- off, although the glass was all
4 broken out of the Windshield. Those
a who appear to be best informed on
the question of automobiles are In
) Sclined to the belief that one OF the
front wheels was turned under the
car, and that the machine made
a number of quick turns on the pub
lie highway, throwing all of the occu-
pants to the ground. Those who came
to the scene first state that the icar
was headed east, instead Of west, the
q direction in which the party had been
! going. Aside from twisting the front
running gears and breaking the right
hind wheel the car was not badly
!. wrecked. Upon more thorough ex-
animation it was found that one OF
the radius rods, which act as brace
b to the front axle, had been broken,
this evidently being an old break.
Whether the broken radius rod was
the cause of the accident, or Whethel
i the driver struck sandy spot which
4 made the front wheel turn under the
car, will never be known. Those IN
+ the car state that the car was not
4 travelling at a very high rate OF
speed, because the driver knew that
+ the steering mechanism refused t.
work; freely. 81
Claude Andrews was born in Man
1 chester, January 13, 1894, and had
spent practically all of his life in and
near this city. He attended the pub.
lie schools Of tne city and graduated