Wampum, Pennsylvania
Auto Accident
September 3, 1908
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
Transcribed by Linda
Houston. Thanks, Linda!
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