The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-02
DRIVER BURIED UNDER CAR
Various Stories Are Told of Accident
and Police Are Investig ating-None
OF the Passengers of the Jitney
Meet Serious Injury.
From "Wednesday s Dailrl

(From Wednesdays Daily
Five people flirted with death and
injury by the gasoline route at the COR
ner of Ridge and Park streets Just after
nine 0 clock this morning when an au-
tomobile driven by DR., J. IL. Holm
crashed into jitney bus driven by Paul
Hildebrande. The jitney bus was turn
ed over and left with the wheels stick
ing up in the air and Driver Hildebrande
and four passengers were more or less
injured. DR.. Holm escaped without any
serious injury.
The injured:
Henry Sullivan, 900 Park street, both
knees and both elbows bruised.
Paul Hildebrande, driver of the jit-
ney, buried under his car and escaped
miraculously with slight bruises,
John Bauer, IT'S Rice Avenue, cub
across the nose and bruised about the
body.
Harry Henes, SCI Fourth street, Mil
waukee, injured about the knees and
bruised.
William Heyn, 445 Newell street,
bruised about the elbow.
T'he automobile belonging to Hide
bran7e caught FIRE Fer If was turned
over and the blaze lsas e4tlngaisded by
men from the Pabst garage who used
patent fire extinguishers on it. The
really miraculous escape was that of
Hildebrande who was buried under the
debris of his burning car but when
the car was lifted he crawled out and
walked off to survey the ruins with
only slight bruises.
There was considerable variation
Of the story told by the various partici-
pants in the accident. DR.. Holm insists
that he sought in every way possible to
avoid the collision and he bears out the
statement of Hildebrande that the iit-
ney man was also trying to save him
self. The four passengers when seen
told Che police that the jitney bus IL
which they were riding was not running
at rate to exceed thirteen miles an
hour while the car driven by DR.. Holm
was running at a higher rate of speed.
DR.. Holm was running south on Ridge
street ond Hildebrande was running east
on Park Near the corner on Ridge
street was wagon Of the Dunnebacke
company in charge of Vernon Arm
strong. 1t was loaded with potatoes.
The wagon stood along the curb in such
way that it made it difficult for DIR.
Holm to see the jitney coming from the
west. AS Holm saw the jitney he swung
his car about in an effort to avoid the
collision and caught the Hildebrande
car in the rear. It turned completely
over and was badly damaged. The pas
sengers in the Hildebrande car were
thrown out, but Hildebrande was so held
by the steering wheel that it was i'm
possible for him to escape and he was
turGed over with his automobile. DR..
Holm was not thrown from the car.
The Milwaukee man was the worst in
iured and DR.. Holm took him to his
office and dressed his wounds and later
took him to the railway station where
he went on MS way to Milwaukee. The
local men who were passengers in the
iitney continued to the police office
where they told the story of the acct
dent.
DR.. Holm insisted that the jitney was
running at rate of thirty-fve miles
an hour at the time of the collision but
Hildebrande was vigorous in his denial
Of this statement. The police are in
vestigating the accident.
It can be added that the wagon load
Of potatoes escaped without a scratch.