The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-03
BURLINGTON WOMAN INJURED
Mrs. B. Mclaughlin Injured in Accident
at Salem Milwaukee Car
Turns Turtle Off Bridge in the Town
of Somers Garage Men Busy.

Roads about Kenosha are strewn with
the wrecks of disabled motor cars to-
day and reports from the rural towns
indicate that Sunday and Monday were
more prolific of motor car accidents
than any double holiday ever known
in the city. Reports of accidents have
been sent in from all parts of the coun-
ty and while only two people were SER
iously injured in these accidents a lot
| of the cars were deserted and left by
the side of the road to be picked up and
brought in by men sent out from the
garages. It was declared Monday night
| that every mile of the road between
Racine and Kenosha was marked by
some disabled car. Collisions were re-
ported from several places but the only
real serious accident of the double holi.
day occurred in the village of Salem
just after seven clock Sunday even
ing. Mrs. B. Mclaughlin of Burling-
ton was very severely injured when she
was thrown from car driven by heI
| husband which came into violent COLI
sion with car driven by Frank Yaw
of the village of Trevor. Mr.. and Mrs
Mclaughlin and Miss Mclaughlin were
riding in a seven-passeng car along
the Main street Of the village and Yaw
was driving his car from the railway
station. They met at the abrupt turn
in the road and both cars were
wrecked. Mrs. Mclaughlin was thrown
from her seat in the rear of the auto
mobile and struck on her head on the
road She was unconscious when pick
ed up and she was taken to the hotel
and later a motor ambulance was sent
out from Burlington and she was taken
| to her home in that city. Physicians
who examined her after the accident
declared that her spine had been very
seriously injured. Miss Mclaughlin
was also thrown from the car and she
sustained bad bruises and had her nose
broken. Yaw escaped without serious
| injuries but his car was wrecked.
| A Milwaukee party made up of three
men and two women must have had a
remarkable escape from death at seven
O'Clock Monday night when the big
seven passenger car in which they were
riding turned turtle on bridge on the
| Milwaukee road about mile from Som
ers station. The members of the party
spent Monday in Chicago and were re
! turning to Milwaukee Monday evening
| AS the car approached the bridge which
is not any too well protected the driver
lost control of it and it turned turtle
and went off the bridge. The car was
| buried in the water in the creek Just
| how the people escaped seems to be q
miracle but not one Of them had even a
scratch. They hurried away leaving
the automobile in the creek and with
out disclosing their identity and later
garage man from Kenosha went out
and pulled the automobile from the
creek and sent it to Milwaukee by rail
The automobile was very badly dam
aged.
Monday afternoon two automobiles
collided on English Court but there
was no one injured and the damage
amounted to nothing more than q
smashing of lamps and the windshields
Tire trouble was plentiful along al
of the roads and the day was one full
of woe for the motorists.
Notwithstanding the heavy rains OF
the past few days the roads were in fail
condition and the roads leading to the
lake resorts were black with motor cars
ali day Sunday and Monday. Many Of
the drivers showed little judgment in
running cars on the crowded roads and
this lack of Judgment was the cause Of
most of the accidents.
The Kellogg hill just south of Win
throp Harbor proved to be an especia
stumbling block for automobiles OF
Sunday and Monday. On Sunday night
a big Mitchell touring car went owe
the hill and into the ditch below, bu
no one was injured in the smash.
! On Monday night just after sever
Io'clock a seven passenger Overland
driven by A. F. Mcdonald of Chicago
went ever the. hill and Mrs Mcdonald
and three other women whose name
could not be secured, were injured. On,
of the women had her chest crushed
while another was taken to Chicag,
with bad fracture of the arm. Boil
the Mitchell and Overland cars wer,
wrecked.