New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-05
Two Accidents
Among Autoists
LARGE TOURING CARS TRY OUT
OUT EACH OTHERS RESIST
ANcE POWERS.
BOTH BADLY BANGED. ANOTHER
CAR TURNS TURTLE INJURIES
OWNER.

Wv NEsCs
Up to Sunday night the toll of auto
mobile mishaps numbered two, one Of
them resulting in injury to the driver Of
one of the cars and the other ending in
two badly damaged cars which are
now undergoing repairs at the South Side
Garage. No one was seriously injured
in either accident altho there was album
dant opportunity in the Sunday mix-up
for broken limbs and smashed heads. As
it was, the lesser accident produced the
greater damages to the persons occupy
ing the car.
The accident which occurred Saturday
evening to Matt Dorm on his way to New
Ulm, accompanied by three other men,
was caused by turning the car out to
give rather more than was necessary of
the road to passing car. Whether it
was intended to turn the car out or
whether someone in the Dorm car lost
his head and turned too far is not definite
ly known. At any rate the car turned
over on the side and threw the occupants
out and Mr.. Dorm sustained long cash
in the leg which required several stitches
to close. Dan Williams who was COM
ing to town just behind the Dorm car
brought Mr.. Dorm in and the other men
succeeded in righting the upset car and
bringing it in Immediately after the Will
liams car reached the city. The only
damage done to the car was the breaking
of the wind shield.
Sundays accident occurred about noon
when Alfred Lundeberg and family Of
Gibbon had started on their return home
after a morning drive to Fl. Ridgely and
New Ulm. They left New Ulm by way
of the Bottom" Road and just as they
came to the Diepolder hill and turned
the curve they found that crash with
another car coming towards New Ulm
was iminent. Mr.. Lundeberg's son who
was driving saw the driver of the other
car was keeping to the inside of the road
as he came down the hill and thinking to
avert the collision, he turned his car to
the outside. The other driver, know
ing he should be on the right side, did
the same thing at the same time and the
two cars came together, the front. end
of the approaching car striking theLunde-
berg car amidships and cutting the fend-
er and running board off and crumpling
| it up like piece of bent tin.
Mr.. Lundeberg's car was brand new
Overland Touring car and the other
which was driven by Rufus Lieber of
Minneapolis, was an Oakland, also large
five passenger car. Mr.. Lieber was
bringing party Of young people down
from Minneapolis to spend the day with
the Fred Behnke family. His car had
the frame twisted, the axles sprung, the
headlight torn out and the fender smashed
and at that he came off better than Mr.
Lundeberg did. The axles of the Over.
land were twisted and the spring smashed
in addition to the other injuries named
above. TWAS possible to drive the Over
land into the garage for repairs but the
other car had to be towed in.
| The occupants of the Gibbon car were
badly shaken up and Mr.. Lieber was
scratched on the arms but the others all
escaped without anything at all serious
in the way of hurts.
\ Mr.. Lundeberg claims that he was
going at the rate of 20 miles an hour and
Mr.. Lieber says for himself only 10 miles
but the Gibbon folks claim that it was
nearer 40. That there was fault on both
sides is shown by the fact that Mr..
Lieber was sticking to the inside of the
curve and the Lundeberg boy ought not
to have turned out because it was Mr.,
Lieber's business to get out of his way.
It was found after the cars were brought in
that the steering geer on the Oakland
did not act as readily as it should and
perhaps part of the blame may be laid
to that circumstance. Chiefly at fault,
however, is the fact that there are high
weeds allowed to grow all along the road
at that point, making it almost i'm
possible to see car approaching from
either direction until right upon it. So
long as such places are allowed, so long
will accidents happen.
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