Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-02-02
COASTINC ACCIDENT.
Five Boys and Girls on Bobs Collide with
an Automobile; All Seriously In
jured; One Died Last Evening.

Martin Brickel, aged sixteen years,
residing at 308 West street, who was
guiding the bobsled at the time of
| the accident, had his skull fractured
and conclusion of the balm followed.
He was taken Immediately to ST.
Mary's hospital where he passed
away at $50 o'clock last evening.
The following are the other young
people who were injured
Flora Luedtke, daughter of E1
Luedtke, who lives at 900 S. Fourth
Ave, aged fourteen years, right arm
broken in two places above the ell
bow; head injured and both knees
bruised.
Esther Stocking, daughter of R.
Stocking, 1913 West street, aged
fifteen years, right arm broken and
forehead injured.
Herbert Stocking, son of H Steck
ling, news boy, sixteen years of
age, right leg broken.
Edwin Umnuhs, son of FL. ]. Um-
nuhs, 339 West street, right leg
fractured.
The accident was witnessed by
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhold Prochnow and
their son, Arthur, who reside at the
| corner of Seventh and Stewart av-
enues. Mrs. Prochnow was stand
ing in the parlor by large window
watching for the doctor who had
been called on account of the illness
of the inf Mt of her daughter, Mrs.
Herman Nehring AS she stood
| there she heard the horn of an au-
| tomobile and Immediately saw the
car coming along at moderate
speed. When it reached the crossing
the bobsleigh, on which we're the
| young people, came tearing down
the hill and there was a collision of
| the hobs and the machine which re-
suited in the terrible injuries noted
above. For moment Mrs. Proch-
| now was so overcome that she had
to turn from the awful sight and
then she bent her energies in caring
for and relieving the distress of the
injured. The five children had fall
en- on their right sides and were
| living on the side of and back of the
automobile. They were all injured
on their right sides. Arthur Proch-
now was the first to reach the scene
of the accident.
He picked up Flora Luedtke and
took her into the Prochnow home,
| which was turned into a temporary
hospital. Reinhold Prochnow and
| William Roeder, a brother-in-law of
Mrs. Prochnow, carried in Martin
Brickel. Arthur Anal, who was
driving the car which is owned by
Walter Heinemann, and Edwin
| Sloan, who was in the car with
Anal, carried Esther Stocking into
the house. Arthur Prochnow also
picked up Herbert Stocking and
carried him in. Edwin Umnuhs was
also taken into the Prochnow home.
DR.. D. T. Jones and DR.. E. B. Quade
were summoned at once. Martin
Brickel, who was the most severely
injured, was taken in the ambu-
lance to St. Mary's hospital, where
an operation was performed, but he
passed away last evening at $50
| o'clock.
Edwin Umnuhs was taken to his
home by Mr.. Prochnow's son-in-law,
Herman Nehring, after his injuries
had been looked after.
Flora Luedtke, Esther Stocking
and Herbert Stocking remained at
the Prochnow home until eleven
o'clock yesterday morning, and were
then taken to their homes in the
ambulance.
This morning Flora Luedtke and
Esther Stocking were still un-
conscious.
There was no one at the crossing
to warn automobiles and other We
hicles at the time of the accident,
and it happened the first time the
children coasted down, Sunday eve
ming.
| Several accidents have happened
on this hill this winter. Three
weeks ago Sunday, Arthur Gahnz,
son of August Gahnz, Sherman St.,
was seriously hurt, and he was also
taken into the Prochnow home by
| Mrs. Prochnow and her son, Paul.
A doctor was called and after dress
ing his wounds he was taken to his
home in an automobile belonging to
Robert Gahnz.
| The PILoT has repeatedly warned
our authorities that unless sliding
down hill on our travelled streets
was stopped, there would be serious
accidents. More viii follow unless
it is stopped. If the authorities
desire it to continue and cannot
stop it, at least let the hills be
watched by policemen, so that
coasting may be stopped while auto
mobiles pass by.
Martin Brickel, Jr., as before
stated, passed away at ST. Mary:
hospital last evening at $50 o'clock
. Deceased was born in Tomahawl
| and was sixteen years old. Martin
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