The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-09
(From MONDAYS paiIv.l

weekend WneH Two were hIl4Su AZ a.
cidents near Kenosha on Sunday and
several others, narrowly escaping
death, were seriously injured.
The dead are:
Edward Norton DeThorn, Is, a stu
dent of the Waukegan High school,
fatally injured when the truck he was
driving was struck by a northbound
Chicago and Northwestern train at the
Camp Logan crossing, south of Keno
sha, just before noon Sunday morn
ing.
AIva James Cutler, 35, 200 South
Park avenue, Waukegan, car repair
err, died at the Kenosha hospital at
eleven o'clock Sunday night from in
turies received when the car he was
driving crashed into another automo-
bile ON the Sheridan road in Winthrop
Harbor.
The injured, all hurt in the crash in
Winthrop Harbor in which Cutler was
killed, are:
G. ). Sengenberger, 916 North ave-
nue., Waukegan, badly cut and dazed.
Mrs. C. j. Sengenberger, his wife,
knee injured.
z Ernest Livingston, Oconto, com
panion of Cutler In death car, badly
cut and bruised.
Among those who miraculously es-
capped injury in the crash were Roy
Burgess, 5044 Erie street, Chicago,
driver of a third automobile, who de-
Iiberately took to the ditch to avoid
crashing into the two cars, and sever
al occupants of his car and the five
children of the Sengenbergers.
Three Cars in Crash.
The crash which claimed Cutler as
its death toll took place Sunday even
ing just after eight o'clock, hating
traffic on the Sheridan road at Win
throp Harbor, for more than an hour.
According to the reports, Cutler. driv-
mig a Ford, north, had darted out of
line to pass another car, also going
north.
c. ]. Sengenberger, driving large
Studebaker touring car south, was in
a line coming from the north and
could not halt his car. The Cutler
car, being unable to break into the
northbound traffic line, crashed head
on into the Studebaker.
Cutler was caught under the wheel,
suffering severe internal injuries and
being rendered unconscious. Ernest
Livingston, his companion was hurled
from the car, receiving several slight
injuries and being dazed by the blow.
Sengenberger was also rendered I'M
conscious, being struck by pieces of
flying glass.
Third Car Takes to Ditch.
Just behind the Cutler car was a
touring car driven by Roy Burgess, a
Chicago man. The latter saw the
crash and rather than drive into the
two cars deliberately turned into the
ditch at the west side of the road.
His automobile was turned over COM
pletely endangering the lives of all of
the occupants.
A baby in the Burgess car was
hurled from its mothers arms and
thrown directly under the hood of the
car. All believed that the child had
been killed as it appeared that the
baby's head had been caught under
the hood of the car. When the baby
was pulled out from under the car, it
was found that it was uninjured. In
8 strange miraculous way the weight
of the car had been held off the child s
head. The Burgess car was righted
and was able to proceed under it's own
power.
Injured Hurried to Kenosha.
The three men badly injured in the
accident were hurried to the Kenosha
hospital. There Cutler was found to
be the only one seriously injured. He
died just before eleven o'clock after
an operation had been performed in a
futile effort to save his life. Sengen-
berger and Livingston, while badly cut
and dazed, were able to be released
from the hospital a short time after
the accident.
Traffic officers from Winthrop Har-
Dor and Zion joined in the work of
clearing the highway of the two cars
An investigation of the accident was
being carried on this morning by Cor
oner 7. T. Parker for Kenosha county
and Coroner Taylor for Lake county,
Other Killed by Train.
The other fatal accident occurred
Just before noon Sunday morning
when the northbound Chicago and
Northwestern passenger train struck
the truck driven by Edward Norton
DeThorn, aged 16, of Waukegan, hurl-
ing him several feet and inficting in
juries from which he died less than
an hour later at the Kenosha hospital
Young DeThorn was driving an ice
cream truck east on the Camp Logan
road. 1t is believed that the sound
of his own motor prevented him from
hearing the approaching train. This
truck was hurled from the tracks and
smashed into mass of tangled stee
and wood. DeThorn, hurled free from
the wreckage, suffered fractured
skull.
Brought to Kenosha.
The train was halted and DeThorr
was brought aboard it to Kenosha
where the Hansen ambulance wa:
summoned to hurry him to the hos
pital. At the Kenosha hospital hi
died on the operating table, never re
gaining consciousness.
An investigation into this accide2.