Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-08-23
FATAL AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENT SATURDAY
Alex Dahlberg, son of Peter Dahl
berg, of Northland, is Instant
ly Killed. Two Other
Young Men Injured.
Eight Young People, Four of them
Girls, Hurled into air, When
Auto Upsets.

Auto Upsets.
From the Grand Forks Herald:
One man is dead, two more may
not live and four women and one
other man are severely bruised and
cut as the result of an accident
shortly after 9 o'clock Saturday night,
when the Studebaker automobile
owned by Peter Dahlberg of North
land, Mimi, and driven by his son,
William Dahlberg, went into ditch
five miles north of East Grand
Forks while travelling at a speed
estimated at 40 miles an hour.
Alex ,Dahlberg, aged about %, for
the past two years employed by the
Grand Forks Fruit company, was
hu,'ed a distance of over 40 feet,
sustaining crushed skull and b :ok
en- l1rlbs. He was al Wien picked
up. William Dahlberg of Northland,
his brother, and John Hofstad, also
employed by the Grand Forks Fruit
company, are the two men who are
now confined in local hospital, both
with broken shoulders, fractured ribs
and other injuries that it is feared
may prove fatal. John Hofstad's
condition is very critical. Otto
Stavig, who, with the two Dahlberg
boys, was in the front seat, escaped
with severe bruises and sprains and
was able to return to his home at
NAlvarado.
Women Will Recover. -
The women in the party were Mrs.
John Hofstad Of Grand Forks and
Misses Alma and Edna Stavig and
Belle Olson Of Alvarado. All sus-,
tanned painful bruises and are suffegs.
ing from the nervous shock. Their
condition is not serious, according
to medical authorities
According to the story, told by the
surviving members of the party, Viii.
slis,ae S So,
the city last evening with the Alva-
RADIO young people to take Mr.. and
Mrs. Hofstad and Alex Dahlberg to
a dance which was given at North
land. The car was four cylinder,
five passenger Studebaker and the
eight young people crowded into the
machine. Several large boxes con-
tanning luncheon were also taken
along.
Skid Was Fatal.
i The party left the city shortly af-
ter 9 o'clock and were driving at a
rapid rate along the north road out
of East Grand Forks when the ma
chine skidded. At this point the
members of the party appear to
have forgotten all further happen
ings and were unable to give a clear
account of what had taken place.
: Joseph Jarvis Of East Grand
Forks, who brought the dead lad
and William Dahlberg to Grand
Forks, gives the following account
Of the accident:
II was driving north out Of East
Grand Forks when I heard the
klaxon of an approaching machine.
turned to one side Of the road to
let the car pass, but ] was unable to
recognize any Of the occupants Of
the machine as they were travelling
at, I should judge, about 40 miles an
hour. / was going about 20 miles an
hour and they were going much fas-
ter than my car.
g Finds CHASTITY Wreck.
<Their machine rapidly disappear
ed in the distance, but I had travel
ed but a short distance further when
II met a man with horse, who told
me that there was an automobile
wreck a little way down the road.
I hurried to the scene and found the
car. the same one that had passed
4 me a few minutes before, turned
completely around. The occupants
were strewn all around and only one
,of the men was conscious Otto Sta
vip) and he was endeavoring to
.auiet the girls who were running
about and crying.
81 4Dther cars came along but none none
&c the drivers would help me pick VI
the bleeding and bruised lads and
was forced to do it alone. carried
the two who appeared to be in the
worst condition to my machine ano
:Toe Huderie took the remainder Of
The party in his car and we startet
for town.
zone Of the boys (meaning Ale1
Dahlberg) was apparently dead whel
I I reached him. Two others were un
conscious but the girls and one Q:
the men appeared to be all right
Turned Somersault.
It Is the belief Of those who exam az
ined the machine that N turning on
Ito permit the man with the horse 7