New Ulm review., 1921-02-02
Car PLUNGES
INTO Il STREAM
FRED HALLSTRoM, MANKATo.
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
AT REDsToNE.
SPENDS NIGHT IN THE OPEN.
BOTH FEET FROZEN.
WILL RECOVER.

Fred Hallstrom, part owner of b
garage at Manlato, has every reason
to be thankful that he still numbers
hin himself among the living, for twice il
one night he was, exposed to terrible
death and escaped without serious In
jury. Nevertheless, his experience
will no doubt remain fresh in his
memory for the rest Of his life.
Mr.. Hallstrom had driven the large
Eseven- passenger Paige touring car, be.
longing to Chief of Police Jacob
Hilgers of Mankato, to New Ulm, late
Saturday afternoon, being accom-
panied by three passengers on the trip.
One Of these stopped off at Nicollet,
while another left the car near New
Ulm and the third man completed the
journey to this city with Mr.. Hall
strom, arriving here shortly before z
o'clock in the evening.
Car Plunges Into Stream.
On the return trip, at about 10
o'clock Saturday night, the Mankato
man took a party Of friends, employees
of the New Ulm Stone Co, to the
company's quarries at Redstone In
attempting to return to the main road
to Mankato, Mr.. Hallstrom became
somewhat confused as to directions,
and, instead of turning to the right at
the corner between the two stone
quarries, guided the auto to the left
and dashed down the irregular, wooded
bank of the Minnesota river, landing
squarely in the stream, after rolling
around several times.
The lone occupant the m chine
must have become dazed as result O.
hurting down the embankment in the
auto, for he suddenly regained con
seriousness when the cold water of the
river had penetrated his clothing
How he managed to get out of the ca
which was immersed up to the tenders,
he is not able to tell, having no re
collection of this part of his escape,
but he vaguely remembers roaming
around in the woods along the rive
bank in search of the shack whittier he.
had taken the stone quarry employes
on his homeward trip. Although
having circled around theis building,
after the men had left his auto, he wa
now unable to locate it, probably due
i to the fact that he was still more o.
Hess dazed.
j Spent Night in Open.
Not being able to find the shack or
Eany other shelter, Mr.. Hallstrom spent
4 the balance of the night in the open.
4 Fortunately the weather was not exr
I Itremely cold, although the fact that his
Iclothing was saturated with water ex-
1 posed him to the danger Of contracting 6
Lpneumonia.
!! At break Of day he located the shack
!. land managed to cover the distance be-
A tween it and where he had spent the
s might. The men there Immediately
notified "a New Ulm physician, who
!. hurried out to the place and brought
>Mr. Hallstrom to the Union Hospitsl
lin this city, where he is receivine
medical attention.
{ Both Feet Frozen.
1t was found that both of his fee
!, were frozen as result of TIE lon
Exposure to cold and dampness, and
! Ibis left knee is also slightly wrenched
Mr.. Hallstrom is able to move tht
! Etoes Of his left foot and will probably
1Ebe able to leave the hospital todas
Eor tomorrow, none the worse for hi
7 thrilling experience.
The young mans father, Angus
! Hallstrom, and Chief of Police Hilgers
owner of the ill-fated car, came owe
I from Mankato, Sunday afternoon, t,
visit the patient, " and on the follow
!, ing day his mother spent several hour
! at his bedside.
s Car is Damaged.
q About.sthe only major damage. t
h, the car as the result Of rolling down tn
81 embankment and landing in the rive
hIwas shattered windshield and tor
u II # was toWed to Mankato, sunda
. lafternoon.
it. Mrs. William Barseh is back fro1
It Milwaukee, where she consulted
re specialist relative to eye trouble. Sh
underwent an operation for the r,
moval Of q cataract from her right ey
and few days after the ordeal col
: tracted pneumonia, as a result OF whit
81 sIshe was very i'll for some time Nh
Il Barsch is convalescing nicely at til
to time at the home of her cousin, Nj
I'll Otto Meyer, on South Broadway. 81
er was accompanied to Milwaukee by Ii
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