The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-05-27
Minnesota Contractor Dies Ono
Hour After Vehicle Is Ditched
by Steering Gear !.
AUTO KILLS PEDESTRIAN
Frank Tousley's Condition Is
Grave; John Schott Report.
cd on Recovery Road

the third. q pedestrian. succumbing
to injuries received when struck by
an automobile.
Mrs. Fred Kist. 81, wife Of a Man
dan butcher, was instantly killed near
Hazclton Sunday afternoon.
T. T. Stuverud, about so, Elbow
Lake. Mimi, contractor. died in Z
Darlington hospital less than an hour
after an accident near Heaton, N. D.,
Sunday.
Peter Hafner. 81. farm laborer,
was almost instantly killed when
struck by an automobile near Moore
ton IN Richland county Sunday.
Frank Tousley, Bismarck. lay at the
point Of death in jamestown hospi-
tai at noon today while John p.
Schott, Linton, is expected to recover.
Both men were in an accident Thurs.
day that was fatal to j. M. Stewart.
another Linton man.
Mrs. Lewis Artinger, Eckelson. is
recovering from another accident
that causef the death Of Mrs. Sarah
Musberger. Jamestown.
Mrs. Lloyd Musberger, driver Of the
car in which her mother in law was
fatally injured, is also In q serious
condition.
Fred Kist and his three children
were cut, badly bruised and sustained
slight shock.
Carl Moberg. Carrington, lies ser.
lously injured in a Carrington hospi.
tai, victim of the crash that caused
Stuverud's death.
Racing With Storm
The Kist family had visited frienda
az Linton and were en- route home.
orlvlng rapidly to escape an Al.
preaching storm. While travelling al
a high rate of speed the right front
tire blew out and Kist lost control OF
.ne machine. which turned over. Mrs.
hlst suffered broken neck.
Mr.. Kist suffered q bad cut in his
mead and cuts on the arms and hands.
The three Kist children. who were
riding IN the car, escaped serious Inc
jury with the exception Of Elmer. are
8, who suffered severe head injuries
ana was unconscious for seven hours
AFTER the accident. Vernon, age six
and Leona. IL, are being treated for
their injuries at the hospital.
occupants of another machine had
narrow escape from death at the
same place shortly after the Kist car
turned over.
Father Stag Escapes
One Of the first persons to come Ia
lne AID OF the kist family was Father
John A. H. Stag, pastor of the Roman
Catholic church at Bismarck. He
parked his car in the road at the
bottom Of a hill
While he was assisting the Kists
another machine came over the hill
at high rate of speed. The driver
applied his brakes to avoid hitting the
Stag Car and it turned over several
times before coming to q stop, right
side up. across the ditch near the
kist' machine. The occupants we're
apparently unhurt.
In addition to her husband and
children. Mrs. Kist leaves her par
ents. MIR. and Mrs. Carl Mouch OF
New Rockford. three borthers, three
sisters Funeral services will be held
wednesday at the Linton German
Lutheran church.
Suffered Broken Neck
Stuverud died in Carrington hos.
pltal less than an hour after he suf :
Tered broken neck. broken leg, and
internal injuries when the car IN
which he was riding rolled over when
the steering apparatus became defec-
tive. The accident occurred about
three miles west Of Heaton on state
highway No. Z.
Stuverud was riding in an auto
mobile driven by Carl Moberg, Car
rington, who l. in a Carrin1ton hos
pital today. Extent Of Moberg's in
luries Is unknown. Only two were
IN the car at the time Of the crash,
The car is total wreck.
The two men were driving from
Mercer to Darlington. etuverud. I
contractor. had built many buildinga
IN Fessenden and cities In central
North Dakota, it Is reported.
Thought Dead. But Alive
Sheriff A. F. Belcher was called "a
the scene Of the accident when It NJ
learned that DR.. e. ]. CxitchfieId
Wells county coroner, Was at New
Rockford. Passers-by believed that
stuverud WAS killed Instantly bui
doctors found that he was still aliyu
and rushed him 70 the Carrington
Hospital.
stuveruds body was cent % Xlhov
Lake this morning. Ytlnoral and
burial services probably VIII - ccn-
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