The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
DR.. and Mrs. Thos. E. DAWN
of Ken0sha Near Death in
Accident Near Pewaukee
Or. DAWN IS IN HOSPITAL
Many Members Of the Kerwer Family
in Milwaukee Injured in the Same
/, Accident-Mrs. DAWN Escapes With
Very Painful Bruises.

DR.. Thomas E. DAWN, a Kenosha
dentist with offices in the Epstein
building at the corner Of West Main
and Market street was very severely
injured and his wife, Dorothy Kerwel
DAWN was painfully bruised in an auto
mobile accident on the road between
Pewaukee and Waukesha beach just
after four O'Clock Sunday afternoon
Six other relatives of DIR. and Mrs
DAWN met with more or less serious
injuries in the same accident. DR.. Dawn
was taken to st. Mary's hospital from
Pewaukee last Sunday evening and il
is declared that his injuries are of such
a nature that it will be several days be
fore the danger will be passed.
Mrs. DAWN was terribly bruised
about the head and face and suffered
from a slight conclusion of the brain
She had so far recovered late Sunday
night as to be able to be at the bedside
of her husband in the hospital.
DR.. and Mrs. DAWN had gone to Mil
waukee on Saturday afternoon to spend
the week end with Mrs. DAWN s mother
and other relatives and early Sunday
afternoon eight members Of the family
including DR.. and Mrs. DAWN, Mr.. anC
Mrs. FL. FL. Tholen and their little
daughter Margaret and the Misses
Frances, Hertha and Irma Kerwer hac
started from Milwaukee to go to Wau
kesha Beach. Miss Hertha Kerwel
was driving the automobile. At 6
point about mile east of Pewaukee
Miss Kerwer had turned the automo
bile to the side of the road in an eff
fort to pass another machine and il
skidded and went into the ditch. The
automobile was moving at a rate OF
less than fifteen miles an hour but il
turned over and all of the passengers
were thrown out. DIR. DAWN was pinned
under the machine. DIR. DAWN s legs
were caught under the machine and i
was necessary to lift it from the lower
part of his body. Mrs. Tholen was
holding the baby and when she was
thrown out protected it with hel
shoulder. The shoulder struck the
ground and the collar bone was broken
The baby's right ear was almost tori
off and her face and head were badly
lacerated by being ground into thu
gravel Of the ditch.
Victims Unconscious.
Mr.. Tholen was cut on the head, face
arms and legs and badly bruised. AL
but Irma Kerwer were stunned or rem
dered unconscious. She was thrown
clear Of the wreckage.
DR.. D. B. Riley, 3031 Clybourn street
Milwaukee, in an auto but a few hun
dred feet behind the Kerwer machine
came upon the machine almost instant
| ly. With the aid of senior medica
student of Marquette university h
made speedy examinations of all tn
injured Then, using his own auto ant
enlisting the aid of other autoists, h.
hurried the victims to the Office of DR.
Ell. T. Barnes at Pewaukee, where him
self, DR.. Barnes and the medical stu
dent dressed the injuries.
DR.. DAWN s hurts were eonsidere,
serious at first because of his continues
dazed condition and evidences of grea
shock. His entire body from his hea'
to his ankles was mass Of laceration
and cuts.
Taken to Hospital.
While the five women and the bah,
took train back to Milwaukee, an am
bulance ran out from Milwaukee to Pc
waukee for DR.. DAWN. He was brough
to st. Mary's hospital there and wa
under close observation for signs of in
ternal hurts during the night.
Mr.. Tholen followed in private aut
and went to Mrs. Kerwer's home, 231
Cold pring avenue, where all the othe
victims were, and spent the night there
Physicians attended him again at tn
residence.
DR.. DAWN was graduated from Mar
quette university a year ago and 10
Gated in Kenosha for the practice o
his profession He was married to Mis-
Dorothy Kerwer three months ago an
his bride had been give most cordia
reception by Kenosha people.
Observation-Disclosures.