Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-06
CHOCOLATE KINGS
CHAUFFEUR KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
E. M. Hershey, Lawyer, Has Mar
row Escape When Machine
0verturns in Ditch
SECOND ACCIDENT FATAL
First Occurred While MIR. and Mrs.
Hershey and Child Were
Returning Home

Ira Kohr, OF Hershey, was almost
instantly killed early this morning on
Beaver School Hill on the main road
west of Hummelstown, while he was
driving f. NJ. Hershey of Harrisburg,
back to wrecked automobile in
which Mr.. Hershey, his wife, son and
chauffeur had narrowly escaped in
jury a short time before. Mr.. Hershey
was not injured.
The two accidents occurred on the
same hill, both machines skidding in
to the ditch from the glass-like road
way. The first wreck occurred while
Mr.. Hershey and party were going
home from Oberlin, and the second
while Mr.. Hershey was returning to
the scene of the first accident with Ira
Kohr, chauffeur for NJ. S. Hershey, of
Hershey. Kohr had volunteered his
assistance and secured the car to help
out Mr.. Hershey.
Head Was Crushed
Mr.. Hershey, with his wife and son
had walked from the first accident
ley to Hershey, where he saw Kohr
The automobile, il was said. was 60
ing about eighteen miles an hour when
they neared the hill where the first
accident occurred. When the brakes
failed to halt the machine, it slipped
and turned over into the ditch.
Kohr was dead a few minutes after
the accident. His head was caught
under the overturned machine and the
skull was fractured. Mr.. Hershey was
J brown from the machine and received
light bruises.
Coroner's Statement
Coroner Eckinger was Immediately
called from Harrisburg and arrived
at the scene of the accident before
o'clock. His statement is as follows:
"E. NJ. Hershey, his wife and son and
chauffeur, of Hershey, were returning
home from visit to Oberlin when the
car skidded on the Beaver School Hiu,
a little way east of the Rutherford
freight yards. 1t went into the ditch
and was slightly damaged but caused
no injuries to the occupants.
Leaving the chauffeur in charge Of
the car, Mr.. Hershey, his wife and son
walked to Hummelstown where they
got a trolley TO Hershey. There Mr..
Hershey found Ira Kohr and the two
returned in the car of NJ. 5. Hershey
TO help the first car out of the ditch.
Kohr was driving about eighteen miles
an hour when they reached the hill
He applied the brakes, but the car
skidded on the smooth icy road and
went over the bank, turning turtle.
Kohr was caught by the overturned
car, but died soon after, but Mr. Her
shey escaped with a few slight bruises.
"Kohr had gone to Mr.. Hershey's
assistance, voluntarily and was con-
sdered an experienced driver and we'll
acquainted with the road. The hill is
steep at this point and the road was
like glass from the ice. No formal
inquest will be held, the investigation
alone being considered sufficient"
Capable Driver
Ira Kohr was an experienced chauf-
feur and has been in the employ of
NJ S. Hershey about ten years. It is
never had an accident before, and
that Mr.. Hershey never cared to ride
in his car with any other driver
He was 81 years old and is survived
by his wife and two children. and his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Kohr,
who live on a farm near Highspire.
His wife was Miss Emrck. daughter
of Samuel Emrick, of Swatara Station.
He was a resident of Hershey since the
town was stablished, and he had the
reputation of being one OF the most
experienced and careful automobile
drivers in the neighborhood.
The body was taken in charge bv
Undertaken William Karmany, Of
Hummelstown soon after the accident.
and taken to the Kohr home in Her
shey early this afternoon. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been made.
f. NJ. Hershey Is a lawyer with of
fees in the Bergner building, Harris
burg, and lives at No. North Thir.l
street, Hershey.