New Ulm review., 1921-06-22
! THREE HllllIi i; AUTOS Auto
TURN TURTLE
SATURDAY. PROVED UNLUcKY
DAY FOR MOTORISTS IN
THIS VICINITY.
OCCUPANTS OF CAR INJURED
MORE OR LESS SEVERELY.
NO FATALITIES.

Had it been Friday. the 13th.a
instead of Saturday, the 18th, SUI
perstitious people would have had
every reason to exclaim: ct told
you So" but they were deprived Of
this satisfaction by. the ..dislocated
coincidence. Nevertheless, Saturday
proved very unlucky day for motor
lists in New Ulm. and vicinity.
registering no less than three serious
accidents, any one Of which might
have resulted fatally. As it was,
some of the occupants were injured
quite severely, while the others
escaped with a shaking up.
Ford Auto Somersaults.
While Mr.. and Mrs. S. Rush OF
Minneapolis and the latter's brother,
Arthur Roth, were returning to town
in the Roth car, about 5 o'clock Sat-
urday afternoon, after enjoying a
dip in the Cottonwood river south
of the city, the front wheels suddenly
lurched to one side of the street, due
to a loose steering wheel and
fiat tire, turned somersault and
then rolled over. The accident oc-
CURED on Broadway, near Fifth
South street, about two blocks north
of the Union Hospital, in a short
stretch of loose gravel. Mr.. Rush
was at the wheel. He is an ex-
perienced driver and says that this
was his first accident. The great
toe Of his left foot was almost COM
pletely severed from that member,
while the second toe also was se-
verely cut by glass from the broken
windshield. He was also bruised
about the left shoulder. When he
noticed that an accident was immf-
nent, he clung to Mrs. Rush, seated
beside him, and kept her from being
hurled through the windshield. Nei-
ther Mrs. Rush nor her brother were
injured, their escape being nothing
short of miraculous.
Wisconsin Car in Ditch.
While Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Moore
Of Wisconsin were driving West along
the road between Nicollet and Court
land, enroute from GAINESVILLE, Mimi,
to Elgin, Mimi, early Saturday after
noon, they failed to observe. the
sharp turn where the road crosses the
Northwestern tracks just east OF
Courtland and the machine left the
81 ade and landed in the ditch, up.
side down. Both occupants were
injured, Mr.. Moore receiving scratch-
es and bruises about the face, hands
and on the left lower limb, while
Mrs, Moore sustained an ugly cash
in the left lower limb, which neces-
STATED. several stitches, and scratches
and cuts about the face and hands.
The auto was not put out Of com-
mission, although badly damaged,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Moore were
able to continue their journey
to New Ulm, where physician
dressed their injuries. After spend
| ing short time here to have neces-
sary repairs made on the car, they
drove west late in the afternoon.
Pinned Under Machine.
Mrs. julius Ouren, her son and
| two daughters of Lake Hanska, had
a narrow escape while returning from
New Ulm in the Ouren Overland
late Saturday afternoon. They struck
a stretch Of loose sand just above
the. Hermann hill, near Courtland
village. and the machine turned tur.
tie, pinning the occupants beneath
lit. Fortunately another car came
along short time after the accident
and Mrs. Ouren and her. children
were released and brought back to
the city. The l1-year old boy was
the only one to be injured; he sus-
tanned gashes in both knees and
1.-The wounds had to be sewed up
How the others escaped is inexplain'
able.