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Wampum, PA Auto Accident, Sept 1908
Posted March 11th, 2009 by Linda Houston
AUTO WRECK INJURED SIX
Mahoningtown Tourists Victims of Bad Accident Near New Castle.
New Castle.-Six persons were injured, several seriously, in an automobile accident at Wampum. They are:
JOHN BROTHERS, Mahoningtown, severe bruises and contusions; MRS. BROTHERS, right wrist broken, seriously bruised; MISS NELLIE BROTHERS, injured internally, condition serious; MISS MARY BROTHERS, right arm broken; MISS CLARINDA WALLACE, Mahoningtown, cuts on face and head; MISS BESSIE WALLACE, face cut.
Medical aid was received and the party taken care of at a hotel in Wampum until all could be taken to their homes. They had been out for the day in a large touring car and while traveling rapidly through the village on their return home the machine skidded at a curve in the road and went into a ditch, turning turtle.
The Indiana Democrat, Indiana, PA 18 Nov 1908
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Transcribed by Linda Houston. Thank you, Linda!
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