New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-19
Death Results
From Injuries
4!
FARMER, A VICTIM OF AUTO
MOBILE ACCIDENT LOSES &.
"a HIS LIFE.
TWO OTHER NEAR-FATAL AUTO
MIS1APS DURING WEEK
JUST PAST.


list of automobile accidents Wednesday
afternoon when Peter Hengel crashed
into car driven by Alfred Thiede, mech
anician for F. w. Retzlaff. In the car
with Mr.. Thiede were Lawrence I. Bjorn-
eberg and a young brother of Thiede. Mr.
Hengel was driving alone. The collision
at the corner of Broad
way and Second North Street on the
Northwest corner of the intersection at
about o'clock.
Thiede was driving Martin Dalueg's
8tudebaker Is which had been in the
Retzlaff garage for readjustment. Mr..
Dalueg bought the car last spring and
having used it all summer had brought it
in to be looked over. It was being tried
out by Thiede and Bjorneberg and
they were driving very slowly south on
Broadway past the armory. They had
remarked that the corner was a bad one
because cars could not be seen approach
ing from the west and had slowed down SO
that they were almost standing still when
they were struck by Hengel as he came
hurtling down the hill in his Ford. He
Vas driving at a high rate of speed and
vas on the left side of the street. A col
llsion was inevitable under the circum-
stances and those in the Studebaker had
no time to think before the Ford had
crashed into them. Their car was struck
almost in the center of the body and tho
the tenders were jammed and the steering
device injured, the box withstood the
shock very well and" the occupants OF the
car were saved from terrible injuries there
by.
AS it was, Mr.. Bjorneberg was thrown
out of the car, lighting on his face and
was rendered unconscious. Mr.. Thiede
came out unhurt, but he feels the effect
of the shock. His brother a boy OF IL,
who was sitting in the back seat, was
found after the crash, hanging to the
windshield with his feet dragging on the
radiator. He had been catapulated over
the front seat and came down on the
windshield to which he was hanging for
dear life with both hands. Mr.. Bjorne-
berg was not seriously injured but was
badly shaken up and bruised all over.
Mr.. Hengel was not injured at all but
his car is a ruin. The radiator. wind
shield, motor, steering device and other
portions were badly smashed and one
wheel was completely demolished.
An automobile accident with fatal re-
suits occurred Wednesday evening short
ly before six o'clock on the Sleepy Eye
road between Haubrich's and William
Gluth's farms. The victim Of the acct
dent was Jos. Felber, a we'll known farmer
of the Town of Stark. The other in
mates of the car were his wife; his daugh-
ter, Theresa and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Helget. 1t was Mr.. Helget's car, a
Hupmobile, and he was driving it when
the accident happened.
Just how the accident was brought about
is not definitely known. According to
one of the party, the driver turned around
to talk to some one in the rear seat and
while doing so the car swerved and left
the grade. In trying to get back on the
grade the left wheel of the car gave way.
The car was going at fairly good rate
Of speed when the wheel was dished the
car rolled over once and a half before it
came to stop. William Gluth saw the
accident from his home nearby, jumped
into his automobile and rushed to their
assistance and about the same time Chas.
Amann came from town. They extri-
Gated the occupants from the car and
took them to the hospital where it was
found that Joseph Felber was seriously
hurt, having sustained conclusion OF the
brain, and that John Helget had been
very badly bruised. Miss Felber had
slight bruises on the chest but Mrs. Eel
Der and Mrs. Helget escaped without in
juries. Mr.. Felber suffered no pain to
speak Of and remained conscious until
Thursday morning when he lapsed into
comatose condition and passed away
at half past nine o'clock. Mr.. Helget
was able to leave the hospital Thursday
morning.
'tChick" Williams, the coon baseball
player and Arthur Kruger, employed