Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-04
Man Fatally
Injured in
Auto Crash
Sustains Fractured Skull
When Machines Collide
Two Others Seriously
Hurt in Wreck.
Accident Toll Totals IA

One man is dying and IS other
persons are injured, two of them Sc
riously, as the result OF -four auto
accidents yesterday. One arrest was
made by police.
Leo Dargazcwski, living in Sheciey.
is reported to be dying at the Mich
olas Sem hospital. He suffered a
fracture Of the base of the skull.
Dargazewski was riding in an auto
mobile, driven by August Netzel,
switchman. 1859 Oak street, which
collided with machine driven by
Louis Rogers, florist, 3lo South Six
tecnth street at Twenty-eighth and
Harvey streets shortly after 4 yes
terday afternoon.
Those in the Nctzcl car besides
Dargazewski were: John Usage,
Spring street and Deer boulevard.
who received bruised arm: Joe
Hynowski, Shelley, bruised body,
and John Sobetska, l74o South
Twenty-fifth avenue, bruised arm.
Netzel received cuts on the face.
Three of the men were taken home
by police and Sobetska was arrested
and charged with intoxication.
Five Occupants Injured.
Rogers was taken to the Nicholas
Sem hospital He sustained pos
sible leg fracture and head bruises.
-Four men in the Rogers car were
injured. Fred w. Johnson, clothier.
Holdredge. Neb., who was taken to
the Methodist hospital, suffered cuts
on the face and body: Harry Lohr-
man, salesman, Hotel Rome, cuts on
the face and body; ]. d. Bowers,
Henshaw hotel, bruises on the left
leg: Al Zerzan, leg bruises. The last
three were attended at the Metho-
dist hospital but left after being
given medical attention.
Il was going slowly north on
| Twenty-eighth street." said Netzel,
"and saw the other car speeding
down the hill, but before | could ap-
ply my brakes / found myself in an
empty lot"
The other men in Netzels car were
hurled in several directions.
Denies He Was Speeding.
Roger. told police that he was not
speeding, but was coasting down
the hill. Witnesses told police that
| Rogers machiae struck the rear
wheel OF NetzefSs gar. Both ma
chimes were demolished
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Lansing, 3la
/ South Twenty-seventh avenue. were
playing cards on their rear poref,
when they heard the crash and saw
Dargazewski hurled 10 feet in the
air. The injured were attended BY
Drs. T. L. Houlton, Floyd Kenyoun,
and Thomas Boiler.
/ Dorothy Oiln, Is. 2617 North
Eighteenth street, suffered a bruised
foot when she was struck by an auto
mobile driven by H. E. McAvoy,
23l Park avenue about S yesterday
afternoon at Eighteenth and Grace
streets. She was attended by DR.. T.
L. Houlton. In the McAvcy car
were the drivers mother, Mrs. Pa
tpcia McAvoy, and Irene Coady OF
Council Bluffs, No arrests were
made by police.
Girl Kun Down py (af.
E1one Nelson, 16, l149 North
Eighteenth street, received a bruised
right ankle when she was run down
by an automobile driven by NJ. Hin.
kcl, 3437 Decatur street, at Thirty.
! fourth and Seward streets.
! Ben Lindenbaun, 2523 NORTH
I, Eighteenth street, was slightly in
jured when an automobile he wa'
driving collided with Swift & Co
machine at Eighteenth and Clarl
streets. Lindenbaum was -arreste,
and charged with reckless driving.
An unidentified speed maniac col
l;ded with a machine driven by Mrs
c. M. Bell, 8l2 North Fcrty-thirt
street, near Elmwood park and tn,
Dodge road. Mrs. Bell was not in
jured but her machine was 'ightl,
damaged.