Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-10
Six Fraternal Societies Will
Attend Goldfield Funeral

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will be in Fairmount cemetery The
body of Cyrus Rice will be shipped
to Portland, Oregon, the same morn
ing, and the funeral of Dan Falvey
will occur right after the ceremonies
at the Hippodrome. with interment
in the Goldfied cemetery. Hermann
Kruegers remains will go to his for
mer home in Pennsylvania.
Goldfield has been stirred to the
core by the accident that robbed the
camp of three leading citizens, and
every effort is being made at the
inquest today TO place the RESPONSE
bility where II belongs The senti-
ment of the southern camp is that
the brunt of the blame falls on the
firm that was ordered to repair the
Weyle auto and then failed to either
remove the machine from the road or
to do the work contracted for. This
is a Godfeld firm When ordered to
repair the machine they visited the
wreck and took away the front axle.
which they hauled off to Goldfield,
and did not return until yesterday.
when indignant citizens insisted on
prompt action that the machine might
be removed from the road. The CON
tractors had big car and a stock
of tools when they first visited the
place and should have seen that the
disabled auto was removed from the
line of travel This is the view taken
of the matter by the officers of the
Goldheld Unity club, where an Inn
promptu indignation meeting was
held yesterday morning.
DIR. Wheeler's chest was crushed,
six ribs in the immediate vicinity OF
his heart were broken and his left
shoulder was fractured Deputy
Sheriff A. J. Mercer, who was in a
machine just behind that of DR.
Wheeler, believes the doctor lived
for from seven to ten minutes after
the accident. He says he held him
and he breathed for that length OF
time. Falvey's neck was broken at
the base of the skull, which was also
fractured The death of Krieger was
due to a fracture of the skull near
the right ear. His jawbone was brok'
en- in several places as we're also
the bones of the upper portion of his
face. Rice succumbed to internal in
juries to the left side of his back
and his abdomen.
According to Bannister, Wheeler
attempted to turn out of the road
when he approached the Weyle ma
chine. The front wheels of his cal
successfully climbed the sliAht rise
on the side of the road, but the reai
wheels dragged along the rut for a
distance of about 175 feet, after pass
I ing the disabled car Dr. Wheeler en-
1 deavored to right his car with all his
might, but was unable to do So Sud
denly the rear wheels mounted the
rut and the car plunged distance
of twenty-five feet from the road
The left front wheel sank into the
ground and the car turned over OF
its right side.
Falyey who was sitting in the laI
of Krieger beside DR.. Wheeler. wal
I thrown and his head was caught b!
the outside of the woodwork of tn,
right front seat. The rest of hi
body fell clear of the machine. DR.
Wheeler was thrown against thu
steering wheel and his body fell un
der it and on top of Falveys body
Rice fell from the right rumble sea
and was pinioned on the ground fac
down with the hub OF the left rea
wheel resting on the left side of hi
back. Krieger, who was occupyin
the left front seat, was thrown abou
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ing on his face. Bannister, who ei
capped with slight bruises and wa
in the left rumble seat, was ais
thrown about twenty-five feet lane
ing in the sagebrush He was daze
Thy the fall and for an instant wa
unable to obtain his bearing.
When he had recovered his senses
Bannister heard the groans of Ric'
who begged him to lift the car froi
his body. Bannister epdeayored
do so. but to no avail Krieger, a
cording to Bannister was then wall
, ing around searching for his ey
glasses on the ground
A particularly sad feature was thu
Rice was TO have been married SOC
10 Miss Harriet Kenyon. Of San Fra
cisco. niece OF Mrs G. " Olds.
Goldheld.