Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-07-07
Runaway Team Collide With Auto
mobile and Driver Is Hurled
From Buggy Is Not Injured
AUTOMOBILE RUNS
DOWN BARABOO LADY
On Portage Road Sunday Morning
an Auto Overturned; Two of
the Occupants Injured

People in the business section OF
the city Saturday evening about 10
o'clock were very much surprised as
we'll as alarmed when a team of hor-
ses drawing buggy raced through
automobiles and other vehicles park
ed along the side of the road. The
animals became frightened on the
corner of Oak and Fourth street and
from there set into a gallop straight
down Oak to the middle OF the block
between Second and Third street,
where they tried TO turn and were
stopped.
Ernest Better, Greenfield, driver
and owned of the team, was in the
buggy during the runaway but was
thrown out when the turn was made.
In front of the Won Wald Jewelry
store the horses clashed into the auto
mobile owner by the proprietor of the
above store. Considerable damages
was done to the autombile, including
a damaged top, rear end, and broken
fender. Mr.. Won Wald states about
SIS will be needed to put mis- auto in
running condition again. A Dodge
auto was slightly injured when the hor
ses smashed into 1t also.
Mr.. Better was thrown from the rig
but outside of torn trousers and
slightly bruised limbs, he was not
severely injured. The occupant went
over the horses in his fly through the
air,
Another Accident
Oak street in the same block was
also the scene of another accident
earlier in the day, about $3.50, when
Mrs. Samuel Welch was run down by
an automobile. Mrs. Welch was cross
ing the street between Melzl & Nc
Cams and Capener Brothers stores
when she was struck by an Illinois
car and dragged for several feet. For
the wheels did not pass over
the lady but pushed her along in
front with one wheel resting almost
upon her neck and the other upon her
limbs. When the car stopped she was
quickly rescued from her periIous
situation and kindly hands assisted
her to the Melzl and McGann store.
where first aid was administered and
a physician summoned Mrs. Welchs
face was lacerated from being drag
ged along the pavement but otherwise
except for the shock there seemed
to be no injuries. 1t was a fortunate
escape and probably due to the fact
that the auto was moving slowly and
brought to quick stop. The driver
of the car had but one arm which
may have been contributory cause
of the accident. He gave his name
as J. J. Scheaha, Chicago and said he
was on his way to Hillsboro to- visit
relatives. He was not held
Today Mrs. Welc.l was able to be
about and except for the shock,
bruises and injuries to her face seem
ed to be as usual
Car Overturns Oh Portage Road
Sunday morning about eleven
o'clock an Oakland car carrying sew
en- passengers overturned on the road j.
between Portage and Baraboo near
the former city, resulting in serious
injury to at least two in the auto. The
car was going toward Portage and in
rounding turn too rapidly went over
A kindly wire fence retarded its revo-
lutions and probably helped to lessen
the list of injured. 1t is believed the
accident was partly caused by a
going around the turn at
about the same time from the cp-
posite direction and keeping too near
the middle of the road
DR.. and Mrs. G. F. Stekl and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Anderson were
the first to reach the scene OF
the accident, even witnessing it from
a short distance away. The gentlemen
assisted the occupants from beneath
the remains of the car, DR.. StekI stop
ping the flow of blood in one of the
lady's hands, an artery having been
severed. One of the other occupants
tho hod n0Oo Exx11ro~