The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-09-24

Inches Of Water, the Latter.
Being Killed Outright-Har
y A. Johnson, Assistant
Manager Of the Devils Lake.
World Escapes With Injuries.
A shadow Of glcomHwas cast over,
this citysearly this morning, when the !
news was spread abroad that the auto-i
mobile belonging tn George Juergens,
and driven by Eddie Noonan, had turn
ed turtle, landing in the ditch bottom
side up and pinning its three occu-
pants, Geo., Juergens,. Eddie Noonan
and Harry a. Johnson, under the ma
chine, killing Juergens and Noonan
and injuring Mr.. Johnson.
The story Of the accident is about as
follows: Yesterday afternoon MI.
Juergens, Harry A Johnson, w. G.
Green and Fred Craghill proposed to
go out to MI. Juergen's farm, driving
in Mr.. juergen's Studebaker car. The
farm is located about IL miles north
west Of Devils Lake. They drove out
about 2:30 in the afternoon, and after
hunting around M. Juergen's farm
for a time, and not locating any birds,
they drove to the farm belonging to
Noonan and Mclean. They they stop
ped to fill the radiator Of the car with
water, but when they attempted to
start the car it would not go. There
being no one who really understood
the cal, all-efforts to get it to run fall
ed. They spent considerable time in
trying to start it, hut not being able
to do SO, Eddie Noonan, who was
working at the farm volunteered to
go to a neighbors and phone to the
city for some one to come out and
get them. John Mclean was secured;
over the phone and he volunteered to
go out and get them, and started im..
mediately. This was about nine o.
clock. He had gotten only just north
of the Deaf school when he had a col
lision with another auto. wrecking
both machines and MI. Mclean was
compelled to return to the city. He
accordingly got Pringle McQuarrie to
go out after the party. Arriving there
he succeeded in starting Nr J~uergen'a.
machine. This was between nine and
ten o'clock, and the party got ready
to. come to town. Eddie Noonan vol
unteered to drive Mr.. Juergens car to
town, and accordingly Messrs Noonan,
Juergens and Johnson got into the
Juergens car, Fred Caghrill and G. W.
Green taking MI. McQuarrie's car
to ride home. The J~uergen's a left
first, and was a lew minutes ahead
of the other car. According to Mr..
johnson they We're driving at a fair
rate of speed, probably 25 miles an
hour. When they struck a grade
near the Bouray farm, north Of Be-
thel church and the a struck q rut,
the driver losing control the car roll.
ing twice yer landing bottom side up
pinning all three under the car "a
about three OF four inches of water.
1t is evident that Noonan was kill
led outright, but Juergens and John
son We're alive. The car had them
pinned SO they could not move and
Mr.. Juergens was pinned down 50 that
his head was In the water. While he
called loudly for help, there was No
one to give him aid, he was drowned
before aid come. johnson was more
fortunate. While he was pinned down
he was where he could keep his head
above the water until aid come, which
was not very long as tie other cal
was following. When the car turned
over the engine vas stopped, but tn,
lights stin remained burning and thi,
fact probably saved MI. johnson,
life, as it was very dark. The a fol
lowing saw the lights Of the car In tn,
ditch which caused the occupants L
stop. Immediately they jumped on
and began hollering but no response
but they heard q groan coming from
under the car and finally johnson
was able to speak. They succeeded Il
lifting the q enough to let Johnso,
free, but were not able to get the 9th
er ones out. They went for help t,
the Bouran farm and q team, whic|
was brought pulled. the car from thl
bodies Of Noonan and Juergens. Prfn
gle McQuarrfe had phoned to the cit
for q doctor, and John Mclean an
d.. G. ]. Mcintosh went out, but moth
ing could be done further than 11al
been done, and the ambulance While
had gone out, brought the bodies o
the unfortunate man to the city.
In the meantime the families Q
Messrs. Juergens, Noonan and John
son had been notified Of the terribl
accident.
MI. Juergens was n Of the pionee
residents of this city, having locate
here in the early eighties. He ha
been cashier Of both the First Ma
tional Bank and the Ramsey Count
National bank, and for a time wa
State Bank Examiner. At the tim