Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-07-04
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ellis, were returning from Camp Dodge
and were the first to reach the stricken
party. has the following to say In re.
gard to the accident:
I'VE were the last ones to leave Dies
Moines, starting on our homeward
journey about II o'clock. As we reach
ed the. top of the hill about two miles
the other side of Fremont about 3: 45
a. nj. we saw car overturned in the
ditch some distance ahead Of US. As
we drew up at the scene of the acct.
dent several of the occupants OF the
car were just crawling out from under
the machine and up the bank. The
car was completely overturned, with
the edge Of the back seat resting on
the fence, which happened to be made
Of wood across the creek at this point
Mrs. Fielder was pinned fast by the
neck and chin between the Car and the
fence.
Lifts Up Car.
I'VE lifted the car up few inches,
allowing Mrs. FEEDERS body to be re-
leased but failed to find any spark OF
life existing. A man in a roadster who
arrived on the scene from Fremont
Immediately turned back and summon,
ed two doctors from Fremont, while
we did all In our power to alleviate
the suffering of those who had been in
jured. called up Capt. Schamp at
Camp Dodge from the C. B. & @. sta
| ton, about thirty minutes after the
, wreck occurred, apprising him Of the
accident and found that the two sons
Of Mrs Fielder, Clarence and Oliver,
and Jesse Young, would be allowed to
come home at once. After securing a
car at the Fremont garage to bring the
injured people to Ottumwa We left for
this city about s o'clock, Mr.. Young,
who was but slightly injured, riding In
my car, while the remainder were TAX
en- to their homes.
Il examined the scene Of the trag-
edy carefully after the victims had
been given due attention, and found
that the car had left the road about
100 feet from the concrete culvert. EVIL
IDENTIFY on account of striking some
rough places in the road which l not
iced. The tracks of the wheels showed
that the car had proceeded over the
grass on the left side OF the road until
the right front wheel struck the end OF
the culvert, causing the machine to
topple completely over, lying perpen-
dicular to the fence and culvert. A
piece Of concrete was knocked from
the culvert, and the front steering
knuckle Of the auto was bent at an
angle of about ninety degrees by the
force Of the impact"
The funeral Of Mrs. Fielder win be
held at 10 O'Clock Wednesday morning
at the South Side Baptist church con-
Quoted by Rev. w. e. Prewitt. Inter.
ment will take place In Shaul ceme-
terry.
You wouldn't think that Sherman
had ever been in a war, or else you'd
think that Sherman was an advocate
of peace and was trying to discourage
/ the boys from enlisting, when he told
what war was; that is If you had gone
to Camp Dodge at Des Moines Sunday,
and had seen how satisfied were the
boys encamped there.
(, It is not known by a mere civilian
just how a soldier, subject to the call
of duty at any moment, should act,
and 80 the mere civilian did not
know but that they would find the
militia downcast and laden with sor-
row at their lot, the single boys think
ing of homo and the married men
making their last Wills and tesla
ments. Just let member OF the OF
tumwa Company g speak his mind:
"Of course it's hot, and 1t seems
like I'm hungry all the time, and drill
ing does get little tiresome, but
boy, II you want to see q pretty scrap,
Just lead us to those Mexicans!' No,
tho boys. are not unhappy. This Is
the life," said dough boy" Chats
an infantryman) and another one, evi-
IDENTIFY banker at home, said, "The
only drawback 10 that we have to get
up at 5 o'clock and have shirt tail
parade"
Weather Hard on Tires.
So the excursion, at first unmarried
by accidents, was successful, that Is,
discounting a number Of blow outs,
punctures, broken axles and springs
The boys certainly were glad to see
the folks from home and anyone who
gave the slightest indication of being
from Ottumwa, was made to feel that
he or she was an honored guest. The
autos to the number Of about fifty left
Ottumwa at various times, Sunday
morning, some starting rs early as 3
o'clock and several parties leaving
Saturday afternoon and night The
day was very hot, and was especially
hard on tires, and many blowouts oc-
Cured, delaying the arrival of many
Of the parties somewhat. A parade,
escorted by the Rotary club of Des
MONIES, in autos was formed near the
state fair grounds, and although It was
not as long as had been expected. ov-
ing to the lateness of many cars, yet
there was a sufficient number to cause
the townspeople to sit up and take no.
tice. The start was made at 10:30
and the party arrived at the camp
about an hour later. A great quantity
of edibles, cigars, ETC., was distributed
at once to Co. g and the First Cavalry
band, which had arrived at Camp
Dodge from North Liberty, late Satur-
day night.