EBERT, Herman c1875-1926

EBERT, WEATHERWAX, HIGH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/1/2012 at 14:03:39

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Conduct Funerals
of 3 Charles City
Accident Victims
(Courier Special Service)

Charles City, Iowa, Nov. 10. — Services were conducted privately Tuesday afternoon for Herman Ebert, who died from injuries received in an automobile accident Saturday night, as result of which his wife is in a dangerous condition at Waverly hospital. Mrs. Ebert has chance for recovery, in the opinion of her physician, tho she has a crushed hip and other severe injuries.

Two other Charles City residents killed in another road accident were buried today. The funeral of Mrs. Lou High, who died shortly after her companion, Mrs. A. T. Weatherwax, was killed when their auto hit a cement bridge, was private. Mrs. Weatherwax was buried after services in which Women's Relief Corps took part.

Waterloo Evening Courier - Wednesday, November 10, 1926, Waterloo, Iowa

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Herman Ebert, 50 years old was killed in an automobile accident near Plainfield. Mrs. Ebert received a broken leg and died in a hospital. Mrs. E. F. Gueffroy had a broken hip and collar bone. Mr. Gueffroy, who was driving, and his child escaped injury.

Mr. Ebert was foreman of the Smith Fashion Door factory, of Charles City, and had been with that plant since his youth.

Ackley World Journal - Thursday, November 18, 1926, Ackley, Iowa

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THREE DEAD IN AUTO MISHAPS.

HERBERT EBERT, MRS. A.T. WEATHERWAX
AND MRS. LOU HIGH OF CHARLES CITY
DIE IN TWO AUTO ACCIDENTS.

With the death of three well-known Charles City people, the victims of two automobile tragedies since Saturday night, the city is in mourning today for their untimely end, and with sympathy for their remaining relatives and friends says Monday's Charles City Press.

Those who succumbed from the accidents are: Herman Ebert, age 54, an old and valued employee of the George P. Smith company and a brother of Fred Ebert, superintendent of that institution. He had seven ribs broken and lung punctured.

Mrs. A.T. Weatherwax, formerly Mrs. A.B. Webster, and a resident of Charles City for many years. Her neck was broken and skull crushed.

Mrs. Lou High, with skull crushed and hardly a bone not broken in her body, died Monday evening at the Cedar Valley hospital. Mrs. High was also an old resident of Charles City.

Mrs. Ebert is in a very critical condition in the Waverly hospital, with hip, collar bone and left wrist broken.

E.F. Gueffroy, who was driving the car in which his wife, daughter Margaret and the Eberts were riding escaped with bruises and scratches, as did their little girl. Mrs. Gueffroy sustained a broken wrist and is expected will be brought home Monday.

Mrs. E.C. Herrling, with the High car, had her scalp badly torn but is not in serious condition.

Mr. Lou High had a broken shoulder and foot and scratches about the head. He is in the Cedar Valley hospital.

The first accident, in which Mr. Ebert received injuries from which he died, took place at 7 o'clock Saturday night when Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Gueffroy, daughter Margaret and Mrs. and Mrs. Ebert were returning from Waterloo where they had gone that morning. Mr. Gueffroy having property there which he went to look after.

The second tragedy occurred Sunday night about 9 o'clock, two miles south of Charles City ont he Clarksville road. Mrs. A.T. Weatherwax, with a broken neck and crushed skull, died instantly and Mrs. Lou High died Monday morning in the Cedar Valley hospital. Her entire body was literally crushed. She did not regain consciousness.

The Gueffroy car was proceeding slowly and the occupants were talking. Mr. Gueffroy, who was driving, came upon a sharp turn a mile the other side of Plainfield before he realized it but he negotiated it and had practically come to a stop when the car toppled over on its side into the ditch. He kicked his way out thru the windshield and he and passing motorists helped the remaining occupants of the car out and they were rushed to the hospital at Waverly, where Mr. Ebert died at 11:15. It is not understood how Mr. and Mrs. Ebert were so seriously injured, as the car did not turn completely over. Mr. Ebert had seven ribs broken and his lungs puctured. His wife, age 42, had a hip and collar bone and left wrist broken and one of her kidneys injured. She is in very critical condition in the Waverly hospital. Her pelvic bone was also broken.

Mrs. Gueffroy had an arm broken and was taken home Monday. Mr. Gueffroy and daughter Margaret were bruised and scratched but not seriously injured. They were in Mr. Gueffroy's Cadillac car. The car was not badly damaged, more damage being done to it by righting it after the accident than by going into the ditch.

THE HIGH-WEATHERWAX ACCIDENT

Mr. and Mrs. High, Mrs. A.T. Weatherwax and Mrs. E. Herrling had attended the funeral services of Mr. S. I. Shepard at Cedar Falls, a former resident of Charles City. They were returning home when they struck the bridge two miles south of Charles City on the Clarksville road about nine o'clock. Mr. High, who was driving, hit the left end of the bridge smashing the car up badly. A Minnesota car following them and containing physician, gave first aid before the doctors from Charles City arrived. It is claimed that the doctor in the Minnesota car said that he and his companions had helped the High car out of the ditch a short time before and that Mr. High was very nervous, the car weaving from side to side and the thought came to them that one of the party should have offered to drive the party into Charles City. That they were going at a fast rate of speed was evident from the condition of the car and a passenger in the Waterloo Charles City bus stated that they had passed it. Mrs. Weatherwax was instantly killed and the others were brought to the Cedar Valley hospital for treatment.

Mr. and Mrs. High occupied the front seat and Mrs. Weatherwax and Mrs. Herrling the rear seat.

Mrs. Weatherwax had her neck broken and skull fractured. Mrs. High had about every bone in her body crushed, but probably died from a crushed skull.

Mr. High had a leg and arm broken and was scratched about the head.

Mrs. Herrling was nearly scalped and has a deep gash cut in her head.

Mrs. Herrling, the only one who was able to give an account of the accident, said that the lights on the car were working poorly and that they stopped at Nashua to have them fixed, but it being Sunday night, they could not receive service. A short time before they came into Nashua they had a puncture and this combined with the poor lights made Mr. High very nervous.

Tracks of the High car show that it made a straight line from the right side of the road over to the left and smashed into the bridge with such force that the engine was knocked back into the body. The steering wheel was pushed through the windshield.

[The Nashua Reporter, Wed. Nov. 10, 1926]