The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-04
THon6As KnYYER or MMECHEN
SUFFERED SEVERE INJu-.
RES MAY DIE
o. Kessner Thrown SO Hard Against
Steering wheeling Teeth Are
Broken on In wood

Thomas Kefter hotel proprietor OF
MoMechen, was seriously injured yes
terday afternoon about I o'clock and q.
Kessncr was badly cut about the lace
and head when the Buick touring car
| owned nd driven by Mr.. Refer crashed
into a Republic truck owned by the
| Purity Ice Cream company Of Mounds
willie just above the Hitchman coal
mine. Benwood.
! Mr. Kefrer received bad cut on he
| back OF the head. was cut about the
| face had three RIBS broken md sus-
| tntned Internal injuries that may prove
! fatal Hopes are. however. held out for
his recovery. Mr.. kcsSnnr was cut
about the face and head. but received
no serious injuries. The driver Of the
| truck was not injured.
The Buick Is a complete wreck and
the truck was damaged to such an eX-
| tent that II will he ont Of commission
! for some time. The whole front OF tho
! Buick was crushed in and the car TO
ccived other minor damages. The truck
had the steering apparatus ruined h"-
side the left fender rartl" torn off and
received other minor damages.
Immediately after the accident hap
! pened. pr Barlow Of McMcchen was
; CaIleu TO mo scene or the arCldC0t
where ne rendered FIRST mid To The IN
jured men, after which he had them
taken 70 tn" REYNOLDS Memorial hos
pital. at Glendale. where they were
given the proper medical attention.
In TIE collision Mr.. Eessner was
thrown so violently across the machine
| that. striking his teeth against the
wooden part Of the steering gear. three
| OF his teeth broke of in the wod and
are still there.
Up 10 late hour last evening the
| condition Of Mr.. Keffer was very doubt
full but # no complications set in 1t
! is thought he ~>nr recover.
Sunday evening about $40 o'clock a
slight accident happened just below the
! BenwOad Junction. when two autos
| Collided. The machines came together
head-on but owing 70 the slow rate ~
speed Of both machines no one received
injuries
One Of the machines. a Ford. was
owned by a Mr.. n. Eincr of McMcchen
and the other machine also Ford. was
/ owned by n Mr.. ". J. kirkpatrick Of
Moundsvillc The machines were
bent up somc hut the damages will bc
! light. Mr.. Eiher had three friends with
him at the time Of the accident who
| John Filben. all Of McMechcn.
Bachelors Entertain
The members Of the Bachelors club
entertained number of young people
@: their camp just below Powhatan last
! evening and they will entertain anothe-
crowd today. The main features Of the
| entertainments are swimming, boating
and dancing. very fnc ORCHESTRA
from Bellaire O.. will furnish the music
| for the dancing.
TO Be CLOSED
All tho business houses and shops
! rc The town will he closed today TO ceie-
bratr the Fourth in ftting way. The
lContec,Ioneries and lunch rooms will
STAY open oil day; some of the barber
| shops will ne oren for q few hours but
| these will close before non. The town
, VIII hc decorated and many people Will
spend the day on plcnics.
/ Kerry Club Entertainment
| Tho members Of the Kerry club Will
entertain a number OF Young folks NJ
their camp. in tho Narrows, just be-
low McMechen. today. Dancing. swim
ming and boating will h" the main en-
'crtainment. The Kerry club have on
tertained quite mn her Of friends q
different times At Il ii" camp and all
, have enjoyed the good times they have
had there.
Three prunks Up
Three DRINKS were M before Mayor
!. z. Cox in police court last evening.
This - quite n dror from the number
that faced the court last week. as there
were II cases m at that time. The
rlran-un last week Seemed To be les
son 70 the town that the court was not
to be laughed at and the way they were
handled taught them lesson that
seems was needed.
Benwood Briefs
KinV Batev moved from his residence
in Renwood back 10 his former residence
on Forty-third street.
J. l.. MGMechen was a business Wis
itor In town yesterday.
Charles saltwater and family arc Wis
Ting friends In Eastern Pennsylvania
over the Fourth.
Mr. md Mrs r r. DeeEan returned
from Marietta Yesterday after spending
soma time there visiting friends.
Geneva Dcegan. Sue Mahood and Mary
Hahn have returned from We!rton.
where they spent the Weekend.
Miss Gertrude Flanagan has re-
turned home after visiting friends In
Powhntan.
Mrs. Theodore Hughes returned home
Sunday after visiting friends in Fair
mont.
Harry Gesell ts visiting friends In
Mozart for few DAYS.
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