The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-11-23

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| Choral society will sing. The
public is invited.
| Dr. G. j. Holman and Miss Marie
Paulson, nurse for the Mankato clinic,
were injured and Dr. Holman's Hudson
car was burned and reduced to mass
of ruins, as the result of an accident
that occurred last evening on the st.
Clair road.
| A. H. Spaulding, living on the st.
Clair road, about half mile from the
city, today told of the distressing af-
fair which happened last evening al
most in front of his place.
| 1t was between six and $50 o'clock.
DIR. Holman and Miss Paulson were
coming from st. Clair on their way to
Mankato, in car 1t seemed that a
team of horses was being driven at a
| tremendous rate from Mankato
towards st. Clair, and going in such
way as to arouse suspicion that the
driver was drunk In order to avoid
striking that team DR.. Holman made a
turn out from the road, where the en-
! bankment is six feet high. The car
turned over and caught fire. Miss Paul
| son was pinned under the car between
the front and back seats, lying almost
| fiat on the ground. In some way the
doctor got out from under the car, &C
cording to what he was understood to
say.
| Heard Call For Help.
Mr.. Spaulding said he was milking,
when he first was appraised of the fact
that something was wrong out in the
road by hearing somebody call for
help. He saw the fire of the blazing
auto. He ran to the spot where the car
lay upset. The nurse was still under
the car. The doctor was standing by it.
| Mr.. Spaulding called for more help,
and neighbors were quickly there. Mr..
| Sraulding, Mr.. James and Harry Jones
were soon raising the car off the girl.
while Mrs. Spaulding pulled her out.
With the help of others, Mr.. Spauld-
ing took both the doctor and the nurse
cared for in the Emmanuel hospital and
the nurse at st. Joseph's.
Fire Near to Girl.
Mr.. Spaulding declares that if the
auto had not been raised off the girl
the fire would have reached her after
about fifteen minutes. The wind was
blowing in that direction. AS it was
she was not burned at all, and did not
seem to be seriously hurt, though she
coplained of her side. The doctor was
assisted by two men in sitting up in
Mr.. Spaulding's car. Both were per-
fectly conscious all the time they were
taken to the hospital.
Everything about the car but two
front wheels and what was not COM
bustible, the steel frame work and the
engine, was consumed by the fire.
! The team was noticed, after the ac-
cident, dashing madly on towards st.
Clair, until the outfit passed out of
sight.
In Serious Condition.
DR.. G. H. Holman was reported this
afternoon as being in quite a serious
condition. He is at the hospital
where he wa staken last night and at
tending physicians state that he
sustained internal injuries to the
lungs and heart, in addition to sew
eral broken ribs. In talking to his
associate physicians at the Mankato
clinic. DR.. Holman said that he was
driving into the city after attending
a case at st. Clair, and was travel
ing about the rate CT fifteen miles an
hour. His machine was equipped
with Werner lights. which are not as
bright as the usual glaring headlights.
A lumber wagon, drawn by a team
was seen approaching from toward
the city, and was on the right side
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on the left. DR.. Holman observed
the wagon when it was quite close
ahead, coming toward him on the
fright side of the road, directly in his
path.
| Must Decide Quickly.
l. was choice between colliding
or attempting to turn out, and Dr.
Holman chose the latter course, turn
ing his machine as far to the right
as he could, and the big car turned
over down the embankment, pinning
the occupants underneath. Injured as
he was DR.. Holman crawled out, and
ATTEMPTED to free Miss Paulson, the
trained nurse who had accompanied
him on the trip, and who was pinned
under the machine, which began to
burn up. He called for help and at
i tracted the attention of Mr.. Spauld-
ing, who came to his rescue and with
the aid of another neighbor raised
the car and liberated Miss Paulson
Mr.. Spaulding brought the injured
Ipeople to town at once and they are
inow being cared for at the hospital
Miss Paulson luckily escaped with
out any broken bones but was badly
bruised and shaken, the shock to her
nervous system being severe. She
J was reported this afternoon as rest
ing as well as could be expected
u Rose Mary Lamm returned today
from Owatonna where she has beer
visiting at the Krier home over Sun
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