The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-02
.K[OKUK GIRL IS KILLED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT LAST NIGHT

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the accident, but the account given by
Mr.. Rein who was in the car tallies
with what could be cleaned by those
who were first on the scene and helped
to rescue the party. One story was
that the car was. racing with the car
which rescued the party, but Mr.. King
was passed at Bluff Park by the Rein
car, and did not come up to the accd-
! dent until several minutes later. An
other story which gained considerable
| oredence was that the car had been
rammed by another car. This Is COW
cred by the statement made by MI.
| Rein that they skidded in the mud.
The people who came to the rescue
| of the car and it's occupants had their
clothing and flesh badly torn and cut
| with barbed wire which was used in
the fencing along the railroad track.
The car was found alongside Of the
fencing here. and was considerably
damaged.
Road 10 Not Wide.
The road where the accident oc.
CURED is about twenty feet wide,
roughly measured. Rocks have
| been thrown alongside Of the road to
protect the road, and there are rocks
in the field. The embankment on
either side is not deep, about three
to four feet at the most. The field
into which the big machine ploughed
its way, however, is Of soft loan. II
is evident from the marks left by the
wheels that the power was not shut
off at first, and that had the car gone
around q bit further 1t would have
remained upright. The accident oc-
CURED about 100 yards this side OF
the Ballinger place. and above San
dusky. People living near there were
on hand to help in the rescue.
Automobile 10 Damaged.
The young people we're seated In
the car with Roy Rein in the drivers
seat, right hand drive car, and Miss
Madeline Haubert in the front with
him. Miss Eagan was on the right
hand side of the back seat, with
Harry Rein and Miss Ward. When
the car turned it probably threw Miss
Eagan out, and then tipped over onto
her. The car Is said to have rolled
completely over.
The car Is Cadillac. It was owned
ny marty OuI LID ~ OSASA WOO
driving It. It was damaged in the
crash. The glass in the wind shield
was broken and windshield rod was
broken OF. The fender and hood were
smashed.
Rapid Run TO Hospital.
Although there were a number Of
|other cars in the road, Mr.. King made
a rapid run to the hospital with the
injured girl. He took her to the neSsesr
hospital, which was Graham, and DR..
F. B. Dorsey, ST., was at the hospital,
having performed an operation. On
the way in, the men in the car were
working over the injured girl, and
were chatting her wrists. She was
moaning by the time the hospital was
reached, although she was evidently
unconscious. The doctors said that
her injuries were fatal, and she passed
away within few minutes. Her skull
and head were terribly crushed, and
there were several splotches of blood
all over the rocks and the car, where
the accident occurred.
This is the first fatal automobile
accident to Keokuk people this sea-
son. 1t is a tragedy which Is regret
table, and the affair has cast shadow
over the many friends and acquaint.
ances of the family, and of the young
woman who met so untimely death.
Miss Eagan Born Here.
Miss Charlotte Mary Eagan was
bright, promising young woman with
hosts of friends in the city who deeply
mourn her untimely death. She was
born in Keokuk. April. IT, 1896, and
received her early education in the
public schools, later attending ST.
Peters high school from which she
was graduated at the commencement
in 1914. In all these several schools
she was attentive, industrious and
studious. winning for herself high
grade Of scholarship in the classes
she attended, and the esteem OF her
school associates and teachers for ner
kindly and attractive disposition and
universal good fellowship and cour-
tesy with those whom she asso-
ciated. She was member OF ST,
Francis de Sales Catholic churcn
| where she was prompt and earnest IN
all her church duties. This is the
first entrance by death into happy
household of mother, father, TWO SIS
| ters and four brothers, and this break
IN tho home circle, coming so sud
denly and unexpected, fills the home
with an unconsolable grief, especially
in the hearts of the parents, who
loved her with q devotion only known
to parents for loved daughter. There
survive her, her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
James Eagan, 1910 Orleans avenue, and
two sisters, Misses Anna and Mary,
and four brothers, James, Simeon.
Joseph and John, all of whom reside
IN Keokuk. There are two cousins,
the Misses Anna and Margaret Pike
NJ New York, who have been sent for.
| Miss Eagan had been employed by
John Tumelty in his office for several
months.
Heat Fatal to Five.