Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-07-30
Girl LOSES LIFE Z.
I'M AUTO TRAGEDY
Collision Of Speeding Car and
Horse Driven Buggy Causes
Death Of Mary Daugherty
Saturday Evening.

Oat1Qdy Evening.
One of the most fearful tragedies
of local history cast a deep sadness
over the community Saturday even
ing when in shocking auto accident
Mary Daugherty young Willmar girl,
met her untimely death.
The tragic affair occurred shortly
after eleven O'clock that evening close
to the overhead bridge some three
miles east of town. The participants
In the accident were the occupants
OF the carriage, Inez Normile, John
Norm1le, the owner, and George Wan
ner, and those in the auto, Albert
thompson and Mary Daugherty, all
OF whom with the exception of the
latter reside some miles east of Will
mar. Thompson, the driver of the
Maxwell car, was returning from a
motor drive during the early evening
together with Mary Daugherty and ap-
parently was approaching the scene of
the tragedy at a higher rate of speed
than he was aware. AS the car
swiftly rounded the gradual curve it
swung over to the left side of the
road. Before warning could be given
the machine crashed into the horse
and buggy coming towards them on
that side of the roadway.
According to statement Of George
Wanner the vehicle in which he was
riding maintained the right side of
the road as the swiftly driven car ap-
peared on the curve. The occupants
of both conveyances were unconscious
n
was upon them. The right front part
OF the car struck the horse and right
front wheel Of the buggy, the impact
causing both the car and the buggy
to be lifted into the air and fall with
a crash to the road. The buggy turn
ed partly around on the other front
wheel with the dying animal under
meath it. The car with such a sudden
reverse turned completely over some
forty feet behind the buggy, pinning
it's occupants to the ground Those
in the buggy were thrown out for a.
bout fifteen feet and landed heavily
on the road ahead. The parties mir
aculously escaped serious injury but
suffered severe bruises and painful
cuts about the bodies which necessi-
| tated medical care and treatment
| The horse was slashed with several
wicked cuts across the throat and it's
right front leg was torn into bone
shreds, causing almost instant death.
When the occupants of the buggy
had recovered themselves they sought
| out the persons of the motor car and
found the machine bottom sideup with
the two young people held within it's
battered form. They quickly remov-
| ed the machine but found the young
girl dead and the driver severely
| bruised and unconscious. The two
were taken to Arthur Gaines home
| nearby, where, summons was sent
in for Coroner Jacobs who arrived and
stated that the death of the young
girl was doubtless instantaneous. She
struck the hard road with her neck
and shoulders, resulting in a fracture
of the neck and the total destructon
of the upper part of the skull. After
a brief examination of Thompson, the
physician declared that despite an
internal injury, not at that time seri-
GUS and numerous bruises, the young
man was in no immediate danger. He
is now improving nicely and on the
road to recovery.
The young man was taken to his
home while the remains of Mary
Daugherty were taken to the Peter
son undertaking parlors. The coroner
deemed an inquest unnecessary and
returned verdict of death through
accident. The funeral services were
held Monday morning at the st.
Mary's Catholic church in this city.
MARY .CATHYRN DAUGHERTY
At the moment Of her sad death, Mary
Cathyrn Daugherty had attained the
youthful age Of nineteen years and
twenty-three days. She was born on
July 8, 1900, at Morris, Minnesota, and
arrived with the family in Willma1
while very young. AS young lady she
spent her entire youth in this city
where she received her school education
Besides her grief stricken parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. B. Daugherty, she is
mourned by four brothers, Jack, Merlin
Dominick and Gerald and two sisters
Marjorie and Nellie Services were
held at ten o'clock Monday morning al
the Catholic church in this city with
Rev. G. c. McDevitt as the officiating
pastor. Interment took place in Kan
diyohi cemetery. The pail bearers wht
bore their youthful companion to he
resting place were the Misses Nellie o.
Donnell, Irene Kelly, Evelyn Rodenbur
Edrice Stauffer, EuZena Haley and Ell
nor Clark The community feels deep
ly for the bereaved and extends tn
most profound sympathy in this thei
/ dark hour of sorrow.