South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-13
ONE KILLED. FOUR
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Automobile Party is Run Down
by Train at Crossing Near
Rolling Prairie.


in an automobile accident 1t the
Bowel crossing Of the Lake Shore
near Rolling Prairie. Sunday night,
in which her four-year-old sister,
Blanche, was killed. and her father
and mother and brother were in
jured. has chance 10 recover ac-
cording to the advices of DR..
Thomas A. Olney. the attending
physician All of the patients are
resting quietly at st. Joseph hos
pital today.
The dead:
Blanche Tuszynski, four years
old, of New Carlisle.
The injured:
Frank Tuszynski, 81 years old,
her father. left thigh injured.
Fannie TuszynsLi, 81 years old,
her mother, severe scalp wound.
Wanda TuszynslNi, eight years
old, her sister, injured internally
Clement Tuszynsk, seven years
old. her brother, scalp wounded.
Tragic and sudden death visited
the party which was returning to
home after spending the afternoon
touring about the country. Unable
TO see the passenger train on &C
count Of a freight train going the
other way. the father drove squarely
in front of the Onrushing locomotive.
Hurled 100 Feet Down Road.
A few seconds more and the
machine would have been clear of
the track but the train struck Z
in the rear and hurled it nearly 100
feet down the road in the direction
in which the auto was going. The
road crosses the track in an angling
fashion, forming an y and the auto
mobile was going in practically the
same direction as the train when
the accident occurred.
So terrific was the force Of the
collision that the machine was
knocked TO pieces and its occupants
thrown headlong. When people
living near arrived on the scene the
father and two children had been
placed in the train which backed
to the scene OF the mishap. and the
mother and baby were found lying
about Is feet away from the wreck
ed car
When the victims were placed in
the train the parents and the two
surviving children were put in the
baggage coach but the little girl
was put I'm a passenger coach and
the doctor who was summoned was
unable to give it medical attention
after the train started. The child
died on the way to South Bend.
Taken 10 Hospital.
Father and mother were rushed
to st. Joseph's hospital in the patrol
ambulance while the two children
were taken there in the Kreighbaum
ambulance. DR.. III. 3. Shedd of Roll
ing Prairie. DR.. Edward Myers and
DR.. T. A. Olney OF South Bend at
tended the injured persons at the
hospital and said that Wanda was
injured internally. The mothers
scalp was torn from her head. The
fathers left thigh was injured while
the boy had several scalp wounds
Locked for Train.
Tuszynski told nurses at the hos
pital that he had stopped the ma
chine and that he looked west. the
direction OF the approaching train,
but failed TO see II and that his
wife looked east and said All
right" He said that the train did
not whistle until Just before il hit
the automobile. The noise Of the
freight would probably not permit
the sound OF the oncoming train
reaching the machine. He said
nothing about the freight to the
nurses.
Blanche, the baby. was picked up
by one Of the passengers. She cried
for her mother. and died in the
mans arm on the train coming into
the city. There were several wounds
on the little girls scalp. The par
ents were not told of the death of
the child until this morning.
Mrs. Louise Hosinski, 2214 Ken
wood av.. is a sister of the injured
man, while ne has another sister
and two brothers living near New
Carlisle
Ten Hurt Near Wyatt.
Ten people were severely bruised
and young lady whose name could
not be learned may be seriously in
jured as the result OF collision be-
tween two automobiles that occurred
about mile north Of wyatt last
night
one Of the machines driven by
John Steinech and a party from
Bremen was on its way 10 South
Bend when IL met the other machine.
driven by a Mr.. Boocher and con-
tanning four other persons. The road
at the point at which the two cars
met is rather narrow and the ma
chine driven b. BoOcher was thrown
into the ditch beside the road when
the other machine hit II. The occu-
pants OF this car were from two
miles east OF Bremen.