Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-11-04
DEAD.
LJHON WIDEN, 45ll Ninth
avenue, Rock Island.

IN. Arnold. 1116 Fifteenth
direct. Moline. Roth legs cut OF.
Ira Lancaster, 1871 Fifteenth
.veape. East Moline mOtOrman
an east bound car. Both legs
crushed and skull fractured.
John A. Hughes, 1926 Sec
and avenue, Moline Lett leg
rzt of below knee; right leg
crushed and internal injuries
Joheph Setarz, ~ Fourth
avenue. Naliae. Lett leg cut
III AT ankle: right leg crushed;
right hip fractured; internal
injuries.
Charles Wells, Twenty-seT-
eufh avenue and Seventh street,
Moline. Fractured leg and in
ternA injuries
AT MOLINE CITY HOSPITAL.
Frank Thompson, SOC Forty
third street, Rock Island.
Bruises and scratches on face
Juiius Baxter, AS Forty
sixth street, Rock Island.
Charles Sundine. SIS years
old. 7Ss Twenty fourth street,
Moline.
L. Z. Stevenson. % years old,
219 Fourth avenue, Moline.
Cuts and bruises.
Walter +. Erickson, so years
old, 1892 Fourth avenue, Mo
line. Bruises; Scalps wounds.
Z. f. Wilson, 10 years old,
az Sixteenth avenue, East Mo-
line. Broken nose and bruises.
AT LUTHERAN HOSPITAL.
Charles II. Krone, aged 26
wears, sos Nineteenth avenue,
Moline. Both legs broken.
Jean BergendahI, AZ years
old, 1875 Twelfth street, Mo-
line. Bruises.
Otto NeSser, p years old, 5O7
Twenty street. Moline.
Bruises.
Gustaf Lemsky, 81 years old.
81 Fifth avenue, Moline.
Bruises
George Van Dorm. Il years
old, 2es22 Fifth avenue, Moline.
Bruises.
4. L. Roman. IS years old,
s20o Fifth avenue, Moline. Cuts
and bruises
NeIs Peterson. Is years old.
a125 Eighteenth street A, Mo
line. Bruises.
Iobn BergendahI. % years
old, 2911 Thirteenth avenue,
Moline. Bruises.
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
Edward Pffer. Is years old,
Decatur, now rOOming at "a
Ninth street, Moline. Cut on
face. Treated at Lutheran hos
Utal; sent home,
Mrs. Eva Nj. Johnston, All
Eighth street. Moline. Bruises.
GuStaf Peacock. Ninth ave-
Hue and Thirty-fOurth street,
Moline.
Henry KIeaVer, Hampton.
Bert keppeI, 1914 Fourth ave-
nue., Moline.
Numerous other passengers
Injuries not serious enough TO
be taken to hospitals.
Almond Widen, 4511 Ninth ave
nue., Rock Island, killed, IL
coFery of three others doubtft
a total Of % seriously injure
/ and more than twenty slight
bruised is the result of a cOlllsIo
which occurred at 7-45 this morn
ING when an eastbound interurba
/ car collided head on with a ives
bound street car at TWenty-seVent
street. and Fourth avenue, MOln
Dense fog was entirely respoI
Eible for the accident, according I
e?ewitnesses. car passengers an
erect car officials. c. Il. Odgel
ooiored. is probably the only pei
son who foresaw the accident. h
vas standing on the corner, wher
the tragedy occurred, waiting for
car and noticed the two cars heaC
ing toward each other. Il wave
a. the east bound car motormaI
but I guess he didn't see me" sal
Odgen when interviewed this morn
/ ING. Il saw the west bound ca
coming on. I knew they just ha
70 come together. turned m
head l didn't want to see tn
awful thing Then came tn
cash"
Blame Crew.
Il there are other causes to b
attributed 10 the accident, Lloy
Aeridith. aged 30 years, 4501 FIT
avenue, Rock Island, mOtorman o
Ne eastDOund car, and Gust Hell
sTon, IO14 Eighteenth avenue
last Moline, conductor on IN
Eestbound car, are to blame, &C
eofding TO Martin Marcusson, clalr
agent for the Tri-City Railwa
company and 0. D. Wolfe. superin
'e1dent Of the iuterurban line
officials made the following
statements this morning concern
ag the reason and blame OF tn
aecident:
The westbJund car, No. IL
saouId have waited at Thirty-slAtl
sTeet switch for the other car L
'@Ss, said Nr. Marcussen.
The extra car coming west wa
1ae a. 7-5O, said Mr. Wolfe. 9TH
~ going east was due to leav
Nolihe al z o'clock. The one com
g vest was due 10 meet tn
eSS.boGnd car at TEirty-sixt!
sIeet OF On the double track cas-
" there
[ ,, thought we had passed" sal
@efed.th, m0Jorman. because th
~lduetCr rang two bells and CAV
= Inc signal to 20 ahead
he real blame has not bee
-1sd On any one OF the operative
yet For this reason Moline 20
~ nave made no arrests. Ate
9loaer Miller holds the inquest
A~iests probably viii be made.