New Ulm review., 1915-11-03
TWO AUTOS TRY CONCLUSIONS
AsTRTICHT AWAY. BOTH
LOSE.
NOBODY HURT BUT, LOOK At
THE FORD! BIG CAR ALSO
DAMAGED.

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quierd in New Ulm back to Hanska
without diminishing it's effects any, took
a whack at each other Monday evening
on the road between the two cities, about
one mile south OF the Fortwengler Hill
Monday evening about 9 o'clock. Carl
Stone was driving the Hage Cadillac
machine and with him was Forest
English, both of whom had been down
to Hanska and were returning about 9
o'clock. The Hanska people were Ole
G. Olsen and Ole Oslerson and they had
been visiting the county seat on legal
business, or otherwise.
The road at the point in question is a
good straight piece Of work and both
cars were going at a pretty good clip.
The Hanska men were driving a Ford
and as the two cars approached each
other the New Ulm men began to doubt
whether the driver of the Ford was
awake for he seemed to be intending to
pass on the wrong side of the road. Mr..
Stone decided that discretion was the
better part of valor and started to run
away, turning his car to the left. At
the same moment the Ford driver awoke
to the fact that he was on the wrong
side of the track and switched his car
over where it should have been in the
first place and took the Cadillac squarely
on the front wheel. Bang! went the
front tire and the axle of the big car was
badly bent.
But what the collision did to the Ford
is another story. The little car
crumpled up like a Christmas toy when
the baby gets fathers hammer. There
wasn't enough of it left to tell what it
had once been, if the New Ulm drivers
are to be credited. As for the drivers
of both cars, no one was hurt, and all
will live to have many more adventures.
: Some of our citizens go away from
home to have their automobile accidents.
One of those was Mike Schuster of this
city. The accident happened at Gibbon
week ago Monday. In speaking about
it the Gibbon Gazette says:-"Mr.
Schuster experienced some trouble in
shifting the gears after starting the car,
and this led him to neglect to watch
where the car was stearing to. As a
result the car running along the left
side of the street struck the buggy of
Clarence Berglund. The fender of the
auto struck the horse on the left and
inflicted a severe cut and bruise and the
front left wheel of the buggy was smashed
thru and the buggy carried along on the
hood Of the auto. The force of the
collision tore the buggy away from the
horses and as a result Mr.. Berglund was
pulled out Of the buggy by the lines,
but fortunately sustained no injuries
except a slight bruise on the leg. To the
credit of Mr.. Schuster it can be said
that after the accident he was very
anxious to do everything possible to
make right the damages he had caused
and did not leave here until everything
had been settled satisfactorily
Another accident happened at Gibbon
shortly before that when N. 0. Burk,
merchant of Fernando, while returning
home with his team and Ernst Pless
who was returning home with his auto
from Buffalo Lake ran into each other
about mile and half north of Gibbon.
The auto struck the horse on the left
and smashed into the wheels of the wagon
telescoping the front wheels with the
hind ones and throwing the wagon with
Mr.. Burk forward among the horses.
In falling Mr.. Burk landed heavily on
his right hand, breaking the bone at the
wrist and also striking on the ground
and bruising the left side of his face.
The horse on the left which was struck
by the auto had the left front and hind
leg broken and was later shot. The
other horse broke away in the accident
and was uninjured. With assistance
from town the wreckage was cleared off
the road and Mr.. Burk taken to doctor
to have the wounds dressed. He was
badly shaken up and suffered quite
severely from the injuries he had sus-