The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-01
Two Are Dead As
Result Of Accident
BERTHA AND EDWARD HOLT IN
STANTLY KILLED IN COLLI-
SION WEDNESDAY
MRS. HOLT, HARRY AND FRED
HOLT IN HOSPITAL SERIOUS
LY INJURED

Methodist church at Redwood Falls
Sunday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock.
for Bertha and Edward Holt, the VIC
inns of the automobile accident of last
Wednesday. Rev. Boemmels of the
Methodist Church Of Echo conducted
the service, and interment was made
in the family burial lot in the Red
xood Falls cemetery. The pallbearers
ere Ernest Kohls, DR.. f. il. Aldrich,
Sietor johnson, Clarence Olson, Otto
fI6fn. Jens Gunelson, Albert Monsoon
nd rtin MI .Sandager, w. B. Clement,
z1ftin Monson, Oscar Olson and Jonn
Lex.
re accident in which this brother
anE sister met their death, and IRON
1I'ssh their mother and two brothers
zf6 still suffering serious INJURY, q
.slzzed Wednesday, afternoon snort
y. nee out of Belview, almost IL
sxes.s of the Monson home. The fol-
ez 80 account of it is reprinted from
.Ne Belview Independent.
66rs Fred Holt with her daughter
~ and sons, Edward, Fred arlt
i 1i....sg@ had started to the county faii
.e;r REQ car and were drivinv
z.rIen Selmer Cole awith Mrs.
q Ne "a Ave children In their big
~ sana four. bound also for the Ialr,
,ss;u;nu from the west. Each
y y sow fhe other and apparently
ss " bNlieved he could pass gne ne coa-
,>e41re the other arrived. Inc Ie,
e - that both machines arrived
d sbrner at the same time.
.s'E.. cole car struck the Holt ins1-
" ,,nost exactly in the center
'.'.'. i RI fhe side of the road
!. s. rs \ III who was driving, sue
z ~ setting It turned back TO-
IL. ,.1oad hnt evidently the iefL
- aaI ~ had been damaged and
,ssuo wav they turned over
4. '4...: ,.g the occupants out. Il,
IS. '.& &.1< 2a,tha was thrown across the
49,. tha ditch. sustaining frac-
I.,Ssa ekull which caused lnneu'nIss s. :
sss4b - Edward was lying under sne
.%sss x4l,eel Of the car with the nuD
10, s,shedded in his head. Fred was
.,. s. fhe road and was able 70 ges
= g Z. - elk around, but upon meolcai
&. ,.. st,a4son it was found he had Two
s.. sshs. one of which had pune
',s <.' 7.:< l,ln0. Harry was lying De-
! I'D 4se ear with two broken ribs ana
far~;blv bruised head. Mrs. Holt,
Ike Harry, was lying beside the car
10th having stayed IN during the sirse
-,1rn It was discovered that III IS.
go1t had sustained two broken ribs
md several bruises.
ssThe Cole car tipped completeiy up
side down and rested on the backs
he seats. By opening one ot
loors the occupants were able 70
hawl out when it was found that
ide from one of the boys getting q
severely bruised hand no one. was
much hurt.
AS soon as possible help was sum-
roned and Dave Monson took the sur
v,vors to the Redwood Falls hospital,
returning later and taking down the
bodies of Edward and Bertha.
I'm conversation with Selmer Cole
Thursday as to how the accident hap
rened he told us he plainly saw the
IEelt car approaching and estimated
that he had plenty of time to get to
the corner in advance of it. However
as he was about to make the turn the
other loomed up so near that he knew
Inc two cars would come together SO
threw on his brakes and headed
across the road hoping his
car would pass behind the other Els
brakes did not hold and the tragedy
resulted. Selmer is nursing bruised
hand and a burned finger, the latter
injury for which ne is unable TO ac-
count"
Bertha e. Holt was born on the Fred
erich Holt farm in SWedes Forest
township February s, 1874, and haa
lived ali her life in Redwood County.
She was educated in the school in Dis
trict SIS and was, with her sister, q
member Of the first class to complete
the course offered in this school. She
ASn went to the Normal School at
sakato from which she was grad
dated in June 1902. For the next two
years Miss Holt taught school near
and was then called home
TO assist her mother in the honle du-
'es. She took charge Of the home
life on the farm, relieving her mother
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