Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-12-04
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HERSCHEL X. DINGEY DIES
FOLLOWING AUTO ACCIDENT

This community was overshadOw-
ed with grief last Wednesday after
noon when it was learned that Mr..
Herschel Dingey of La Sale, ILL.,,
had died, following an auto wreck he
was in on the Saturday previous.
Death came as a great shock to his
! mother, here, since il was not
known that he had been injured, un-
til few hours before, when news
of his serious condition had ceme.
this being followed closely by the
announcement of his death.
| Last Saturday morning, he and
three companions from the same
business house started by auto from
La Sale to Urbana, to attend the
Ohio State and University of Illinois
football game. They left, home about
a. m. When near Pontiac, ILL.,,
two wheels of the machine, which
, was Dodge touring car with win
ter top, got off on the side of the
road, the side of the road being per-
haps six inches lower than the con-
crete part The driver in attempting
to get it back on, lost control of the
machine and it shot across the road
hitting a tree, which struck the ma
chine near the rear door. The ma
chine rebounded and shot back
across the road, striking another
tree. One of the occupants was
thrown from the car in striking the
first tree, and was fatally injured,
his death occurring five hours later.
Of the persons in the machine, Mr..
Dingey was apparently the least in
jured of any. He at once gathered
up in his arms the man who was SO
badly hurt, climbed into a car with
him, and carried him on his lap
back to Pontiac. At that place he
telephoned his wife, telling her Of
the wreck, but assured her that he
was not much injured She left at
once for Pontiac, and they remained
at thatrDla over night. The next
morning they returned by auto to
their home-a distance of about 50
miles from the place where the acci-
dent occurred. Monday afternoon
became slightly delirious, and he
was taken to st. Mary's hospital OF
La Sale at about D. m His broth
er Mr.. Harry Dingey of Chicago was
notified, and he came Tuesday mora
ing, and found him apparently all
right, except as the doctors termed
shock That evening about II o'clock
slight pain developed in his back.
opposite the lower part of his lung.
Expert medical aid was sumomned
and a slight operation was perform
ed to determine the source of pain.
1t developed that a clot of blood
-thrombus, had formed in his lungs,
which was shutting off the blood
from reaching the lungs, and his left
lung collapsed, which was at about
$3.50 Wednesday morning. Then it
was learned that his condition was
critical, and the end was not far off.
His mother here was notified of his
condition, receiving the word about
8 a. m, and was planning to leave
here on the evening train to be with
him, but early in the afternoon she
received word of his death which
had occurred at 11:15 a. m. HiS
wife and his brother were with him
constantly and he was conscious
until the end. Not long before his
death he repeated the Twenty-Five
Psalm, and sang to his wife his fa-
vorite song, 81 Love You Truly" He
told his wife he was going, and he
would like to take her and their
baby with him, adding-"but that
would be selfish"
The body was prepared for burial,
and taken to the home. Thursday
afternoon short services were held
at the home, and at 2:45 p. m. they
started here, arriving Friday ON the
11:18 train. Accompanying the
body were Mr.. Dingey's wife and her
sister Mrs. DR.. Wilkinson of Cardiff,
Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dingey
of Chicago. The latter joined the
party at Newark. The body was
taken to the home of the parents
here, and funeral services were held
Sunday at the local M. e. church
and were very largely attended.
The pastor Rev. P. S. Neldon had
charge, and was assisted by Rev.
Thos. Lasley of the Baptist church.
A quartet composed OF Messrs. Har-
ry C. BetZ, Frank Gray, w. r. Sears
and w. d. Danford, sang three selec-
tions-'Lead Kindly Light" walk
ing With Thee" and SOFTLY Now
the Light of Day" Many times had
the deceased sung with members oe
this quartet. Carrying out the
wishes of the family the services
were brief. Besides the music,
there was prayer by Rev. Lasley.
and Rev. Neldon made few re-
marks and read a sketch which was
prepared by local friend OF the
deceased. The beautiful floral
tributes practically filled the space
in and about the pulpit. Many hand
some ones were from the firm with
which he was enjoyed, from friends
and organizations of that place, and
Columbus. The pail bearers were
Messrs. Harry G. Betz, J. E. Spence,
Frank Gray, G. w. Lowell. w. d.
Danford, Raymond Durbin. Earle
Eveland and Jerrold Scott. Inter
ment was made in the McConnels-