The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-10
Struck By Machine
Ladies Were Injured
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. ]. ID. wager, 133 Parsons
street and her niece, Miss Faith
Graham of Pemberton, who Is Wis
iting at the wager residence. re-
ceived painful injuries in an auto
mobile accident At Madison Lake
Saturday afternoon. The ladies had
gone out to the village from Man
kato on the Dan Patch train, leav-
ing here at two o'clock, and had
left the train about five minutes,
when the accident occurred. They
were crossing the main street OF
the village, when an automobile came
suddenly upon them. Both declare
that they were unaware Of its APP
proach, until II actually struck them.
Both say no horn was sounded or
other warning given. They were told
afterwards that the machine came
around the corner just before strik-
ing them, but they say that they
themselves cannot vouch for that.
Miss Graham Dragged BY Car.
Mrs. wager was struck and hurled
to one side. Miss Graham was caught
by one foot and dragged under the
car. How far she was dragged, she
does not know, but she remembers
some man trying to pull her out
from under the car, when she said,
Don't pull; my foot is caught"
Then several men lifted the car off
her. She heard somebody say, my
God, she is dead" and at that
moment she tainted.
Mrs. wager was taken to the Jack
son restaurant. She had received
a deep cut on the right forearm.
Her right shoulder and right knee
were badly bruised. She also had
cut on the head. Her clothing
was badly torn.
Miss Graham was taken to the
office OF DIR. G. r. Furgina. She
was much more seriously hurt. She
had a deep cut on the left hip,
her left ankle was badly sprained,
her right knee was injured. The
flesh was torn from the little finger
of the left hand and she suffered
bruises on various parts of the body.
Her clothes also we're torn and
ruined.
Driver Expressed Regret.
While Miss Graham was at the
doctors Office, after her injuries had
been dressed, the man who ran the
automobile came to see her. He
said he was Mr.. Wright of West
brook. He expressed great regret
for what had happened, took the
names and addresses of the two vic
tins of the accident and said he
would inquire about them later.
Mrs. wager engaged an automo-
herself and her niece to the wager
home in Mankato.
Miss Graham said Mr.. Wright was
a man OF thirty to thirty-five, ac-
cording to her judgment, was small
in stature, smooth-faced, welldressed
and of gentlemanly appearance. She
said he was neither blonde nor brun-
cite, but about medium. She says
she was too dizzy and dull from
the effects OF the accident to take
much note Of him.
Dan Brown, the Madison Lake
meat dealer, took the number of
the car which struck the two ladies'.
This number he gives as 5S.621.
Miss Graham is nineteen years
old. Her father, B. w. Graham, is
operator at the Milwaukee railroad
station at Pemberton.
Mr.. Wager is at present In Stew
ems county, managing some land
business for G. N. Boynton of st.
Paul. He used to be engaged in
the livery business in Mankato.
From Mondays Daily.
A representative of The Free Press
took trip across country from Man
kato to Albert Lea Saturday re-
turning Sunday by a different route,
for the purpose of ascertaining the
extent OF the reported damage to
crops In that section by the heavy
rains and storms of the past month.
With the exception of a very few
fields on low, fiat ground, and
small tract struck by a cyclonic
wind storm, at the present time,
crops in the section visited are in
excellent condition.
Wheat and oats are nearly all
headed out, stand well and promise
an average yield or better. The
rye harvest Is on and this crop is
above the average. Most of the rye
not already in the shock will be har.
vested this week and on one farm
visited stacking was going on.
Barley is well advanced and with
anything like favorable conditions
from now on will be a better crop
than last year.
Corn stands well and Is fully as
large as usual at this time OF the
year. The heavy rains have made
cultivation difficult and some fields
are not as free from weeds as usual
but the crop generally win be fully
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