Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-19
new VIENNA 4 men
INSTANTLY KILLED ]. ]
IA j. HoEFER AND HENRY CHER
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AUTOMOBILE MISSES 4 CuLvER1

I AUTOMOBILE MISSES 4. CULvER1
Henry Boese Had Jaw Broken. Hell
berger Family Of Ryan Have a
Marrow Escape. ,1..S..
NJ. Ss5$ "a. j. Hoefer and Henry Gherken,
4 two prominent residents of New: Wen
ma, were instantly killed about $3.50
o'clock Thursday night when the
automobile in which they We're re-
turning from q fishing trip near Gut
tenberg was upset. Mr.. Hoefer' 8
& skull was fractured and Mr.. Gherken's
neck was broken. Henry Boege, am
4 other member of the party had his
\ Jaw bone broken and received a
Y number Of severe bruises and cuts,
Dr.. Allen, and Jack Raymond. who
was driving the heavy car, escaped
with only a few minor injuries.
ut appears that the party left New
Vienna early on Thursday morning to
spend the day at Gutenberg. The
accident happened as they were re
4 turning home, and when about five
$&of the car, swinging around curve,
\ missed the culvert and in an mi
slant the car was in the ditch, crush
i Ing out the lives Of two Of the party.
Persons in the vicinity who saw
Il the car last declared that it was
travelling at a high rate of speed,
which undoubtedly is the cause for
4 the shocking accident. Ss q
Mr.. Hoefer was about sixty years
x Of age, and was Justice of the peace
4 at New Vienna, and one OF the elder
residents Of the town. Until a few
\, years Sago he conducted the hotel
ii business at: New Vienna He has
D held a number Of political offices
In Dubuque county, prior to being
elected Justice d OF the peace. He
leaves a wife and, four children, all
\ residents OF New Vienna. ss..:
ss Mr.. Gherken was nearly 81 years
OF age at the time of his death. He
4 too, was one Of the, Old residents Of
New Vienna, ]; and was az highly re-
spected citizen. He is survived by
(. his wife and nine children most Of
d whom live In New Vienna. II j
45555. The funeral of. IN r. Gherken was
\ held on Monday morning at $3.50 o.
d dock and the funeral Of Mr.. Hoefer!
was held on Tuesday morning. Both
funerals were helI 3at St. Boniface
church at New Vienna, the services
being conducted by Rev. Father Pape,
The automobile which belonged to
j. II. Langmann, proprietor OF the
New Vienna garage, was consider,
4 ably wrecked. 5.2ss.s' IN:
55.s ITO GOES I'M DITCH. .,s
Strong head lights B on en-; tito-
\ mobile e.sRereS directly responsible for
I an accid lent IN which J. y & Heiberger
and his family figured Y on Friday
night on. the Hawkye Highway fjust
east OF the Martin Nleman farm. Mr.;
Heiberger and his family had been
4 at Dubuque and were on their way;
N home when the lights on their new
Overland car refused TO work properly
They stopped alta farm house and
secured a lantern, and were able to;
pursue their homewarG journey. Just.
before reaching the small bridge
near the Nieman farm a machine
with strong headlights was coming
from the opposite direction. The
Il Illumination blinded the driver Of.
the Heiberger machine so that he,
was unable to see the road. Be-
fore Artie Heiberger was able to-
bring his car to q standstill he struck
the railing to the bridge, which was
torn Oft by the force Of the machine,
ON no er,v n re" 0a to
percipitated into d the ditch. The
occupants were thrown permisc uo,usly
from the car. Mrs, Heiberger sus
+ tanned an ugly scalp wound besides
being badly bruised about her body.
y She also sustained badly wrenched
ankle. Miss Elsie Heiberger. who
was sitting by her mothers side
when the accident took place, susc+
tanned severe sprains and bruises and
was pinned under the car for q few
minutes. Her injuries, however, are.
all OF a minor nature. Mr.. Heibergera
escaped with a few minor scratches,
land was able to release the daughter
from underneath the car. The two.
boys-Artie and Howard-escaped,
without receiving any injuries. 4
The persons lin the car with the
strong headlights, and others who
& happened along at that time, lost.
no time in ministering to the needs;
} OF the Heibergeri family, and in a
few minutes. the injured We're brought
TO the offices OF DR.. Lindsay where
their; injuries We're attended to
promptly. After the wounds were
dressed they were taken to their
home near Ryan in q livery auto
mobile rs q S.s a ,.s.t *
55 The new car was badly wrecked In
the mishap. On Saturday morning Mr.
Heiberger and a force of men from
Ryan came here TO take the ma,
chine, to Ryan After pulling the
car from the ditch it was found that
the engine was not seriously damag-
ed. The radiator and windshield
were badly wrecked, and the top,
was reduced to a shapeless mass of
wreckage. +5$, .5. sr$S s5i5
That the occupants 4 OF the car
escaped with no more serious In
4 juries is almost miracle. While
, the injuries Mrs. Heiberger received
I are very painful, the attending phys,
ficians says that no bones We're brok-
en-. and the bruises and cuts are
healing as rapidly as could be expect
ed. z i IL ": ilS.l IL
ANOTHER AUTO ACCIDENT.
On Sunday afternoon while John
Reiger and three friends were driving
an automobile near Masonville. the
5 car turned turtle into a deep ditch.
Miss Maud Birch, who was driving
the car, lost control Of the same
while crossing bridge. The auto
struck the side of the bridge and
broke the bridge railing off, allowing
the car to go into the ditch. The car
was badly damaged, but fortunately
none Of the occupants were injured.
JAMEs.cLARk.