New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-01-05
DEATH ! TRAVELS IN
AUTOMOBILE PARTY
FoRMER CITIZEN OF NEW HIM
INSTANTLY KILLED IN cor.
LISION.
DR.. VOGELS GREEN CAR GETS
HlMTo SAFETY BUT LOSES
ITS LIFE. .. ~


Two automobile accidents of tho wool,
IN which, present and former either,
OF New olm played the principal roles,
ended in death for one of them and .
most miraculous escape from anv ini,,rv
whatever for the other. 1.-THE accident;
IN Which Death took a hand, Otto
kluegel OF St. Paul was instantly killed
and IN the other DR.. J. P. Vogel found
himself standing unhurt beside the ruins
OF his green "hurry-up'' car after it had
attempted to resist the attack of the
hughes flyer at crossing five miles from
home. -
In a head end collision between a
street car and his motor car Otto u.
kluegel, a former resident of New HIN
was crushed between the car and the
automobile and instantly killed. Mr..
and" Mrs. Patrick Farrell who were with
Mr.. kuegel at the time of the accident
were thrown out of the na.s,ine and
seriously injured. Mr.. Farrell suffered
broken leg. With her nose broken.
several teeth knocked out and her scalp
SO badly bruised that no examination
OF her skull could be made, Mrs. Farrell
is hardly expected to pull thru. She is.
lying unconscious in the Bethesda
Hospital in St. Paul. %#
The accident happened Sunday morn
ing about two o'clock at University
Avenue and Dunlap Street on the
Minneapolis-St. Paul line. The three
victims were east bound on University
Avenue and drove directly into the
approaching car, according to the story of
Harry Jahren, motorman.. He saw the
Ginschine on The tracks headed toward his
car: bdY believed that they would turn
out. The automobile was coming fast
and instead of turning out smashed
squarely into the front end of the car.
Kluegel was driving the automobile at
the time of the accident.
Mr.. kluegel was son-in-law of Mrs..
Christiana Albrecht and brother Of
Mrs. Ben Vetter who lives on North
Jefferson Street. He was a man about
AZ years old. He was born in Saxonv.
Germany and came to this country with
his parents when mere lad. The.
family came to New Ulm and the de-
ceased lived here for quite number of
years. He learned the carpenter trade
ana was engaged as such until he removed
to St. Paul eight years ago where he
opened hardware store which proved a
very successful business venture. In
October, 1898, the was married here in
New Ulm to Pauline Albrecht who.
with five sons and one daughter mourn
his untimely death. The youngest child
is only 9 months old. The deceased is
also survived by his parents and brother
George who resides at Lamberton. The
funeral was held from his late residence
in St. Paul yesterday (Tuesday) after
noon at 1870 o'clock. From here Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Vetter, Robert Albrecht
and Charles Kuehlbach attended the
funeral. Herman Albrecht of Essig and
Gustav Albrecht of Fairfax also attended /.
the funeral. e.. ,..al &
DR.. Vogel was returning from pro-
fessional visit near CORTLAND about four !,
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The cold /
weather and a habit of speeding peculiar
to the green car, led the Doctor to eat upz ].
the home trail in regular 8:45 time and
while he was making the most of clean
track ahead of him he became suddenly
aware that some thing else was in
hurry, namely the Hughes Flyer" on.
its afternoon trip. Had the paths of the n
Flyer and the auto paralleled each other
nothing more exciting than race be-
tween the iron steed and the gas buggy
might have occurred but the situation
was not quite so simple. When the s
Doctor spied the Flyer it was approach
ing crossing he had intended to make
use of himself, and at speed which
would indicate their simultaneous ar
rival upon the spot. The Doctor meas
ured the 80 feet between his car B.
and the crossing, recalled a table given y
in last weeks Review as to the distance
necessary to, stop a moving car, at.
various speeds, and decided said 80 feet,
was all too inadequate. One thing re-
manned to be done, to beat the Flyer to it
and calamity the green car leaped to the. L
trail; and made it, almost, but not quite. :
The engine caught the tail of the car,
just where the spare tires are slur
Catching the car thus, the force Of t.
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