The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-08
QUIET FOURTH
SCORES HURT
Many Accidents Feature
Celebration Of Double
Holiday in Kenosha.
MAKE MANY ARRESTS

but just the same the accident list Tor
the city and county was. long one.
Gasoline succeeded gun powder as the
cause of Independence Day accidents
and while there were no serious injur-
/ les resulting from playing with fire
works there were lot Of people hurt
as a result of playing with gasoline.
The roads about the city and county
were ccngested and many motor car
accidents were reported. The police
had busy time Of it and they were
kept busy. Some eighty arrests were
made during the two-day holiday and
pretty nearly every violation known to
the minor ordinances were reported.
Thirty were arrested for speeding and
reckless driving, half as many on.
charges of "intoxication" and another
score on charges Of disorderly con-
duct.
Accidents Start Early.
| The first accident was reported to
the police on Saturday evening, Donald
/ Corr son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Corr
| was run down by a speeding motor
/ cycle driver near the corner of Collins
street and Fremont avenue. The men
speeded away and he was not located
/ by the police. Young Corr was slightly
bruised and his bicycle was wrecked.
/ A little later a man whose name was
not reported to the police was severaly
injured when he fell down the stairway.
at the Northwestern station. He was
taken to the hospital and DIR. Thomp-
son called to attend him. He was badly
cut and bruised.
Anton Cherrich, residing at 178 Rice
avenue reported to the police that
some one fired revolver through his
front window at nine o'clock Sunday
night. Fortunately no one was in the
range Of the bullet and it is supposed
that the bullet was fired by celebrators.
On Monday morning the little boy Of
Police Officer John Ohmstead was run
down by an automobile on Middle street.
The automobile was driven by Frank
Majeski who took the boy to the hos
pital and reported the accident to the
police. The boy was not severity injur-
ed.
/ Four Are Near Death.
! One of the most serious accidents
of the double holiday occurred just
after eleven o'clock Sunday evening
when an automobile driven by Joseph
Lubinski was struck by switch engine
at the Northwestern crossing near the
corner of Rowland avenue and Market
street. Police Officer Chris Radatz
Toney Dudinski and Peter Podlazunk
we're the other occupants Of the auto
mobile The driver failed to see the
approaching engine and it struck the
rear Of the automobile throwing the oc-
cupants out. They were taken to their
homes. The automobile was wrecked.
i The police were notified that Ford
automobile containing man and wo-
man and two children ran down the
two sons of Fred Higgins at Winthrop
Harbor at 1880 o'clock Sunday evening.
The driver never stopped the car. The
two boys were badly bruised but not
seriously injured. 1t was said that the
car belonged to Kenosha man and
the police watched the roads in an eff
| fort to arrest him but no arrest was
made.
Wrecks on Country Roads,.
There were many wrecked automo-
biles on the roads of the county. James
| Thompson, Chicago, driving s big Cole
Eight met with disaster near the corner
of the Salem and Wilmot roads. The car
turned over and the driver was badly
cut by flying glass. The automobile
was wrecked. The injured man was
taken to the office of DR.. Fletcher at
Salem by G. A. Stella, where his
injuries were dressed and later
he was taken to Lake Geneva to
join the members of his family.
Another automobile driven by man
carrying baby in his arms was wreck.
ed along the Wilmot road on Sunday
morning. BY some miracle the mem
bers Of the party with the exception
of the driver escaped. He was badly
cut and bruised and was taken to the
office of DR.. Becker at Silver Lake
for treatment.
Lloyd Vandenburg, residing at 702
/ Pleasant street pushed his. left hand
through the wind shield of an automo-
bile while it was standing in front of
his home and the arteries of the wrist
were cut. He was taken to the office
of Dr. H. A. Robinson and later re-
moved to st. GATHERINGS hospital. His
injuries we're regared as serious.
Mrs. William Faber met with a mis-
hap on Sunday evening when her auto
mobile went into the ditch along the
North Shore road The automobile
was badly damaged but none of the oc-.
cupants of the car were injured
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Timme were vic
tins of an accident on the Wilmot
road when their car turned over and
was wrecked. They escaped with slight
| cuts and bruises.
Chicago Girl Near Death.
| Half a dozen narrow escapes from
drowning were reported from the var
ious lakes about the county. Out at
Twin lakes, near the Schwartz hotel
on Sunday afternoon q Chicago girl
got in over her depth. She was pulled
out after she had gone down several
times and was resuscitated by use of
pul-motor.
Vast crowds of people were at all of
the resorts over the holiday and many
minor accidents were reported about
the roads in the west end of the county.
Traffic officers in Kenosha declared
that the traffic on the city streets
was the heaviest in the history of the
city.