Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-01
MRS. c. /. BURT, NEAR GREEN
MOUNTAIN, AND TALBERT o..
SON, CITY, BADLY HURT.
BURT CAR. CROWDED INTO
DITCH; WOMAN THROWN OUT
Kenneth Stevenson. Motorcycles Of
Dillon. Has TaIbert Olson Riding
Ahead Of Him When Cycle Crashes
Into Automebile-priver and Pas.
senser Both Hurt-other Accidents.

! Two badly and perhaps seriously in
jured. a third person painfully hurt.
one buggy, two automobiles, and one
motorcycle damaged. was the toll of
injuries and property damage eNacted
! by motor vehicles late Saturday and
I: Sunday in three accidents. The in
Jured are Mrs c. l. Burt, two miles
west of Green Mountain very badly
! I'M, ed when the car in which she
was in was crowded into ditch along
the Third avenue road: Talbert Olson.
aged 9. 500 Jackson street, and Ken
meth Stevenson, OF Dillon, injured in
collision of motorcycle on which they
We're riding and an automobile at the
intersection of Main stree. and Fifth
avenue
Mrs. Burt ard the Olson boy are the
worst injured. The automobile of O..
B. Olson. 40 West Linn street, into
which the motorcycle ran, was dam
aged. A buggy in which J. NJ. Alexan-
der was riding had a wheel torn Off
then It was struck by an automobile
driven by Hans A. Peterson 305 South
Third avenue, near the intersection of
Third avenue and Linn street.
Woman Thrown Out: Hurt.
4 road hog is declared TO have
been responsible for the injury of Mrs.
Burt. who YES hart while ii tie North
Third avenue road. near where the
read from the east joins il just north
OF the city limits. Mr.. and Mrs Burt
We're going home from this city about
so O'Clock Saturday evening. A car
going north passed so closely that Burt
was crowded out OF the road.
To prevent his car being struck Burt
turned the car into the ditch. down
which il ran and UP the other side into
tt1e bank and fence. The force Of the
impact threw Mrs. Burt out upon her
head Today she was stin unconscious
suffering from a severe conclusion OF
the brain that has produced paralysis
in the left arm. Al times since the ac-
cident she mas been semi-conscious.
but DR.. J. F. Strain. of Green Noun
tain. who is caring for her regards
of the car that crowded Burt out OF
the road is not known.
Riding Double: Strike Auto
Kenneth Stevenson had the Olson
boy riding on the tank Of his motor
cycle ahead of him when the cycle coll
ided with Q. 3. Olsons automobile
Stevenson was driving east in Main
street about $50 Saturday evening
and Olson was going south in Fifth
avenue. Oson had almost crossed the
street when the motorcycle struck the
automobile squarely in the side. Both
Stevenson and young Olson We're
thrown off Both were unconscious.
bur Stevenson soon regained MS senses
and his hurts were only bad bruises
and cuts. The Olson boy was removed
TO the Deaconess hospital.
The lad is suffering from severe
conclusion Of the brain. and II was
twenty -four hours before ne regained
consciousness. No bones We're broken.
Today the patient was resting as
easily as could be expected considering
the severe jolt he received.
The motorcycle was badly damaged
and the running board of Olson's auto
mobile was bent. Olson said he
thought Stevenson. who is said 10 have
not been driving rapidly, would turn
out and pass behind him. The Olson
boy is the son of Ben Olson.
Stevenson escaped with minor in
juries from collision in this city
few weeks ago.
Third Avenue Exciting Place.
The block OF South Third avenue
from Church 10 Linn streets was full
and bubbling ever with excitement 70.
few minutes between and 2;l5
Sunday afternoon. One collision of We
hicIes, one ncar-collisicn of automo-
biles an da fire kept big crowd chas-
ing from one to the osher.
j. NJ. Alexander drove west in Linn
street and pulled up to the well near
the intersection TO let a boy get out
cf me buggy. Hans A. Petersen
'u-red the corner going south ON
the avenue west into Linn street in
n. Automobile. His car struck a reGr
vince, of the buggy. tore il off an1
f! marry Upset the vehicle. he car " ts
slightly damaged.
Just a moment before fire broke out
! in the roof Of the house a 200h South
| Third avenue. No sooner was it out
| than two automobiles, one going south
| in the avenue, the other going east IL
Church street, were barely stopped in
| time to prevent them colliding with
force. They struck but neither was
| damaged beyond being scratched. The
! names of the drivers could not be
learned