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Business Men: Sell In Nazareth! Nazareth Citizens: Buy In Nazareth! AN 1NDEPKM)P:nT family NEWSFAPEk, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE VOL. XXIX NAZARETH, PA.. THURSDAY xMORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1920 NO. 48 WHEN AUTO IS STRUCK BY TROLLEY CAR ONE MILE SOUTH OF QUAKERTOWN ~\ URGE A TTENDANCE A T FARM PRODUCE SHOW AT FAIR GROUNDS Jeams Selected From Til e Different Grang¬ ers Made Decisions; Keen Competition. [lose Rivalry Between The Display Of The Different Gr c ) c, cs; Newburg Grange Won The Blue Ribbon. Probably 1300 to 2000 peopl ok in the Farm Products Show ai i Nazarj*!.! Pair grounds. From e number o' machinoB parked, it uid soera us It the future of ihe irse will be to drag the plow or ml in the grain. Some predict It the tractor will even do this rk. Mu'h interest was manif.-s'- In the di luonstration, by Prof. ¦Bride, of how (o test cows, hors.'s iri:..:s ?o I.; to know which animal mill briPi? the greatest profit to the mer. Teams of five men from il of 111.? different granges had in'v niiiures to d.-cide w'licli Imals hid the most giod poin s beauliful banner was awarded to winning team. The horse that farmer would buy for his owu should be short legged, with 5ort body, straight back, and b' s ted so ai to stand sfjuare, so tha; would no: pull a load at an unHle. 1 ribs '10 placed that he wouM le a good digesiion. Ono farmer d that '10 liked a crooked legged ne, anothe-' answered that h.- di 1 twant one where the legs got all igled up together. Beth Mr. iBriile .ml the farmers soi-med to tk that the gray was a little bet- han the other two. Ike cows were so nearly equal it '.vas dilhcult to decide imingly (-iich had a good consti- :ion, a straight back and udib r so iced as 'o indicate good milk pro itlon. \Vhy a dish in the fac- wild sluiif that a cow is a g.oil Ilier is certainly a profound set. I'e-hapfi it Indicates that sli ' Inot kii'k tho horns off the moon pig is ilways a pig. He won't le out when you want him. and ifiU go i.i where you don't wan' 1, he Is always ready for a SiTap. | U he can possibly find the least ^ Phole, i.heii it is good fat pig and iyhego,-i3. Du' as fie is th,'| lUeman .vho pays the rent, every Irlikee iiirn. fof his backbone and lage, hi-i ham and scrapnl.'. • Hey-3r and Kva Malm contend nth twelve Tjovs as to who had belt .Vg. On' the b.iiiis of 50, I pig of UoUand Jones took -il \ •l«, and that ot Stanley Willi'im-j took 4'! '-, : on tho basis of GO. Hahn i. eivod 5 7 and C. Rotii The J' vs and girls have every Bn to I'e.l proud, for Pr..fessor e pr lisod them for iheir work iMngrituliited them on their su.'- In judging the Red Duroc j". he Jail that ten years ago a fent ty|i,i of sow was prefcrri'd. ithat w.is bloeky, with short leg--, close to tho ground. Tod.iy 'Want a rugged, upstanding type. unit inn wid'h of back, of - arch. a. good str.iin of bams, '•tout b,);]e that would make a or 400 I'ound hog. and bring a * of nine or ten pigs to jierfec They \,-ant one that Is b.'tter for i'r.-ediiin than for the bul- > Mook. All on o\hibition had 't the same number of pulnts •t was d llicult to IU ke a ion. the F.ii- llouBi' there se, ui' d to *« spirit of wholesome rivalry m th" (..ranges Newburg. St.ir, ¦y. H.irmony. nnd the Forks '"nltv .-\s8oclatlon. T!ie dis- "> all was remark bis for the ¦f ind beauty of articles ei- fr.iin peanuts to big puinii- ironi ...i.eii iiiirks to the cboic- "canned trul-s and vege'aid s t lahei- and artl.-ftic tasc had thing to the be,s; adv n- many of us ciuld mik f^ giving tho n me of 'h" roni flower bloSBoms, m' "ds of white wa.\ b.'ms POLITICAL MASS MEETING AT ROYAL THEATRE Nazareth, Pa. OCTOBER 29 at 8 P. M. .\11 citizens, regardless of party affiliation, are cordially invited to attend this meeting. The honor of our coun'ry mus! bo vindicated, our pledges to tho wcrld must be kept in¬ violate; these and other thenu-s will be d'sciissed by tho follow¬ ing speakers: \Ii-s Vernetta Decker, James \V. Fox, Esq., George W. Geiser, Jr., Harry D. Kutz. r CtWO of the UNFORTUNATE PARTY ) r^ I HENUY F. MILLER J UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH OBSERVES RALLY DAY MRS. HE.NRY F. MILLER V, FOUR INJURED WHEN AUTO HITS FREIGHT TRAIN Wind Gap Party Comes To Grief at Edelmans Dur¬ ing Heavy Fog. Program Successfully Carried Out; Large A t- tendance At Morning Service; Pastor Deliver¬ ed A Helpful Sermon. THREE IN HOSPITAL icclor, and atove all in flavor, than f'ose shipped in crates from th - 'Pacific co'ist. Any man wlio has thr.e or "our barrels of 'Weallhy. Fall Pippin, Bannana, or Gr, ven- stein can feel nil set up and look I with disdain on the oranges and ; grape fruit of the green grocer. The hoy w!io can till up all pock,'ts with apples when he starts lo scliOi-1 a.id then eat trom three to a doz-.m b-^twoen times is certainly in luek. The old proverb says", ".-Vn apple a day will keep the doctor away." T.'ien comes the pesimist. who says ''.\n onion i day will keep every one else away." The ladies were much interested 'n the display of needle and crochet work. It had at least one merit. Tho (luilts were of recent poductton. and had not covered Ilem. Sham and Jabez, when In thoir cradles. La'er in the day the li.ght hearted, and light footed, tripped the light fan¬ tastic, in *he old fashioned square dances. Judging from the crowd, a groat many must have been in th.' p( sit ion ot the deacon, who was brought before the church court f-r .tning to Ihc circus. He adailtto.l the charge, but said that the only r-ason tor his being there was tha' be had gone to frown it down. All admitted that It was 'svhat a Farm Products Show ought to b ' :ii,d hat it waii as ditTerent from the usual "Agricultural Hnss Trot," with its midway fakers, and vll." shows, that gr far beyond the sug gestive, as noon is from midnight. Vhile the one Is simply a matter of cniiimeri*ialisra, tho taking of th'> money away from the home, th" o'her is for the instruction and en¬ couragement in all that will bring prosperity and comfort to evei'v ciiutry fire side, and will keep the boys and girls near to the singim,' i:f birds, the petting of stock, th.- glowing of flowers and grains, the drinking in the bracmb 1 reezes, "when the frost Is on piimiikin and the corn is in schock," FATHER AND BROTHER MOTORED TO THE SCENE AND IDENTIFIED BODIES Botli Families Had Arranged for a Week End Visit to Their Parents and Friends at Bath. TOWN AND VICINITY IN MOURNING Four Wind Gap men were injured '1 ree of them so badly that they are il' a serious cindition in the Easton I.ospital, as the result of an accident wUen the automobile of W. H Miller a Wind flap plumber, ran into a r L. & W. fre ght train at the crossing near F.delmans. this county, at about ten o'clock Wednesday night. Miller, accompanied by Allen (Red I : vis, who is one of his employes, went to Easton to purchase some plumber's suiplies, and they had irvited Thomas L. Davis and John I K. Jones, both of Wind Gap, to a'company them for the ride Returning home, they were unabl'. to see for any great d stance in front ¦if them, due to the heavy lOg, an i at Edelman's crossing, the r.i"chine cir.fhed ino the freight train which ^ias iiassing tne crossing at the tiia--. All of the ir en with the e.xcepiion o.' Jones, were rendered unconscious. Jcnes managed to retain corscious- Less long enough to summon -mother motorist who was in the vicinity, and Trombone Solo By Eu¬ gene 7 reir;^ un ter Cf Trios; Cash Offering For The Day Amount¬ ed to $200. The annual Rally Day services in Hainan Memorial United Evangelical [Church and Sunday rchool were ob¬ served last Sunday. Rev. P. K. liergman, ii.'ior of the church, had 1 ,anned a program, which was suc- i.Esfully carried out. At &:30 A. .^i . the Sunday school session was oi-ened by rhe superintendent, James Irierly. Miss Jennie Schl.imp and -Mrs. P. K. Bergman rendered a piano duet to the delight of all preseni. F.ev. Paul S. Meinert, pastor of the local .Moravian churcli addressed ;be school in an able aud interesting manner. His address v.is very mstiuctive and was greatly appreciated. A splendid e.xplauatiou o;' the Sun,lay school lesson was given by D. -A. Cohick. Great inter¬ est centersd in the offering; th.i Classes reported individually. The Ladies' Bible Class reported the fith the aid of other people who had Ittigest amount, $.",0.20; the amount gathered, the injured men wer-' of ihe am re school was $!52.50. Friends ind relatives of two B.itli families were grief S'-'icken early S.'turday eveuiug wh.m the news was telephoned X,i7,areth Ihat the entire family of Hardie H. Fehnel. a bro¬ ther of Clarence F. Fehnel, 12 il South killed. latter, scars on her forehead and a fiactured sl'ull. Mr. .Miller, who was caught behind the steering ge.ir oi the car, was pinned underneath the trucks of the trolley, and his bi dy was mangled and skull tract- Green Street, N'azareth, was'uied. From the position of th.- as well lis the family of | bodies of Mr, and .Mrs. Fehnel it was Henry F. Miller, form rly ot Bath, evident that they also were und, r Immediately on rec.'.viug word of! ihe front trucks of tho trolley car the accident, Clarence F, Fehnel, las Mrs. Fehnel's f.ice was smashed with his ftiLiier, Clinton H. Fehnel, laud skull fractured and her b.ick .\. S. Fehnel and S. J. Fehnel motor- Irokeu. .Mr. Fehnel's skull was also ed to Qu.ikertown, reaching the)'e at 'f-actured with ugly face scars, Th-i' 12 P. M., for the purpose of identl-j face of Mrs, Fehnel was so di fl.iiur- fymg the dead bodies. On calling led that identification -was only pos- on Dr. William S. Erdman, they|sihle through the color of her hair were informei that the accident had The victims, all had limbs broken, occurred and reached the scene oiii ft sh torn and badly mangled, he had beeu notified by Superlnten-j X\ the impact of lh,> crash, the dent Stover of the Quakeriowu ; front trucks of the- troll, y jumped and fall th,' the BATH CHURCH CELEBRATES 50TH trolley statlo.i, th.it an accident h.d oca'ured aud readied the scene of the accident Just a few minutes later iird found that all of them me' in¬ stantaneous death. From him they learned tij^t personal cards had been found on the bodies whicli en¬ abled him to get in touch with r'Ui- tives lu Bath and that the telephoa-i operator later got inform.ition to r.Jatives of .Mrs. Fehnel in Piilla- c<(:lphla. On ascertaining that the bodies had been '-iken iu charge by Under- 'te tracks and ripped their way into .a.'cident and that orders should be' giVen the officials of the Trolley! Company not to move the m.ichin,i j or do any cleaning up until he was i enabled to reach tho scene on Sun- ' day morniag but in spite of these instrurtious the trolley company saw to it that e\erytliing pertaining to the coUisiin was removed before nine o'clock Sunday, and befoie h' vas able lo get there. He Immedi- aiely appointed a jury, wilh Oswin C-iJSsman, of Quakertown, as fore¬ man. A visit was made to 'h.- seen of the accident and a prelituir.ary Investigation made,. The coroner advised the Jury that the inquest would probably be held at'er the funeral of thn victims or early the following week. Siever.il oincials of the Leh gh Valley T-ansi: Company. Mr. S; ring tlie field on the far side of the road, jai'd Mr. Trythall reached the seem a distance of approximately 200 |of the accident early in the evening feet, il hovever not being known lard took 'harge of the v.ilu Dies of whether vhe rear trucks left th" Ithe d.'ad and arran,.;ed for their tr.icks as uo.ie of tho bereaved wa-'remov.il to the morgue. Mr. Sprin; enabled to see the debris. Passi'Dj? er.= were thrown from their seats and were shaken and bruised, but none was badly hurt. Hiram Erb, motorman of the car. st'id that ne sa'.v the autoraohil,.' i pproaching the crossing but believ¬ ed, from Its position, that jt had faker Trelfin^er, with the aid of two'stepped to allow him to cross th undertakers ;n Quakertown and two'road. ^le said that it was nearly f"om Riclilindtowu, the F.'hnels (.ark Imd difiltuP to see obj'-ct^ hastened t> tho temporary morgU" luore than few y.irds away. His back of tlu. Globe Hotel and identl- statement, however, was discounted fied the viciims, and a short time'in view of the fact that the road J V\7l''/
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | Nazareth Item |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 48 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1920-10-28 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 10 |
Day | 28 |
Year | 1920 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | Nazareth Item |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 48 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1920-10-28 |
Date Digitized | 2009-01-19 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 28682 kilobytes. |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | Business Men: Sell In Nazareth! Nazareth Citizens: Buy In Nazareth! AN 1NDEPKM)P:nT family NEWSFAPEk, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE VOL. XXIX NAZARETH, PA.. THURSDAY xMORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1920 NO. 48 WHEN AUTO IS STRUCK BY TROLLEY CAR ONE MILE SOUTH OF QUAKERTOWN ~\ URGE A TTENDANCE A T FARM PRODUCE SHOW AT FAIR GROUNDS Jeams Selected From Til e Different Grang¬ ers Made Decisions; Keen Competition. [lose Rivalry Between The Display Of The Different Gr c ) c, cs; Newburg Grange Won The Blue Ribbon. Probably 1300 to 2000 peopl ok in the Farm Products Show ai i Nazarj*!.! Pair grounds. From e number o' machinoB parked, it uid soera us It the future of ihe irse will be to drag the plow or ml in the grain. Some predict It the tractor will even do this rk. Mu'h interest was manif.-s'- In the di luonstration, by Prof. ¦Bride, of how (o test cows, hors.'s iri:..:s ?o I.; to know which animal mill briPi? the greatest profit to the mer. Teams of five men from il of 111.? different granges had in'v niiiures to d.-cide w'licli Imals hid the most giod poin s beauliful banner was awarded to winning team. The horse that farmer would buy for his owu should be short legged, with 5ort body, straight back, and b' s ted so ai to stand sfjuare, so tha; would no: pull a load at an unHle. 1 ribs '10 placed that he wouM le a good digesiion. Ono farmer d that '10 liked a crooked legged ne, anothe-' answered that h.- di 1 twant one where the legs got all igled up together. Beth Mr. iBriile .ml the farmers soi-med to tk that the gray was a little bet- han the other two. Ike cows were so nearly equal it '.vas dilhcult to decide imingly (-iich had a good consti- :ion, a straight back and udib r so iced as 'o indicate good milk pro itlon. \Vhy a dish in the fac- wild sluiif that a cow is a g.oil Ilier is certainly a profound set. I'e-hapfi it Indicates that sli ' Inot kii'k tho horns off the moon pig is ilways a pig. He won't le out when you want him. and ifiU go i.i where you don't wan' 1, he Is always ready for a SiTap. | U he can possibly find the least ^ Phole, i.heii it is good fat pig and iyhego,-i3. Du' as fie is th,'| lUeman .vho pays the rent, every Irlikee iiirn. fof his backbone and lage, hi-i ham and scrapnl.'. • Hey-3r and Kva Malm contend nth twelve Tjovs as to who had belt .Vg. On' the b.iiiis of 50, I pig of UoUand Jones took -il \ •l«, and that ot Stanley Willi'im-j took 4'! '-, : on tho basis of GO. Hahn i. eivod 5 7 and C. Rotii The J' vs and girls have every Bn to I'e.l proud, for Pr..fessor e pr lisod them for iheir work iMngrituliited them on their su.'- In judging the Red Duroc j". he Jail that ten years ago a fent ty|i,i of sow was prefcrri'd. ithat w.is bloeky, with short leg--, close to tho ground. Tod.iy 'Want a rugged, upstanding type. unit inn wid'h of back, of - arch. a. good str.iin of bams, '•tout b,);]e that would make a or 400 I'ound hog. and bring a * of nine or ten pigs to jierfec They \,-ant one that Is b.'tter for i'r.-ediiin than for the bul- > Mook. All on o\hibition had 't the same number of pulnts •t was d llicult to IU ke a ion. the F.ii- llouBi' there se, ui' d to *« spirit of wholesome rivalry m th" (..ranges Newburg. St.ir, ¦y. H.irmony. nnd the Forks '"nltv .-\s8oclatlon. T!ie dis- "> all was remark bis for the ¦f ind beauty of articles ei- fr.iin peanuts to big puinii- ironi ...i.eii iiiirks to the cboic- "canned trul-s and vege'aid s t lahei- and artl.-ftic tasc had thing to the be,s; adv n- many of us ciuld mik f^ giving tho n me of 'h" roni flower bloSBoms, m' "ds of white wa.\ b.'ms POLITICAL MASS MEETING AT ROYAL THEATRE Nazareth, Pa. OCTOBER 29 at 8 P. M. .\11 citizens, regardless of party affiliation, are cordially invited to attend this meeting. The honor of our coun'ry mus! bo vindicated, our pledges to tho wcrld must be kept in¬ violate; these and other thenu-s will be d'sciissed by tho follow¬ ing speakers: \Ii-s Vernetta Decker, James \V. Fox, Esq., George W. Geiser, Jr., Harry D. Kutz. r CtWO of the UNFORTUNATE PARTY ) r^ I HENUY F. MILLER J UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH OBSERVES RALLY DAY MRS. HE.NRY F. MILLER V, FOUR INJURED WHEN AUTO HITS FREIGHT TRAIN Wind Gap Party Comes To Grief at Edelmans Dur¬ ing Heavy Fog. Program Successfully Carried Out; Large A t- tendance At Morning Service; Pastor Deliver¬ ed A Helpful Sermon. THREE IN HOSPITAL icclor, and atove all in flavor, than f'ose shipped in crates from th - 'Pacific co'ist. Any man wlio has thr.e or "our barrels of 'Weallhy. Fall Pippin, Bannana, or Gr, ven- stein can feel nil set up and look I with disdain on the oranges and ; grape fruit of the green grocer. The hoy w!io can till up all pock,'ts with apples when he starts lo scliOi-1 a.id then eat trom three to a doz-.m b-^twoen times is certainly in luek. The old proverb says", ".-Vn apple a day will keep the doctor away." T.'ien comes the pesimist. who says ''.\n onion i day will keep every one else away." The ladies were much interested 'n the display of needle and crochet work. It had at least one merit. Tho (luilts were of recent poductton. and had not covered Ilem. Sham and Jabez, when In thoir cradles. La'er in the day the li.ght hearted, and light footed, tripped the light fan¬ tastic, in *he old fashioned square dances. Judging from the crowd, a groat many must have been in th.' p( sit ion ot the deacon, who was brought before the church court f-r .tning to Ihc circus. He adailtto.l the charge, but said that the only r-ason tor his being there was tha' be had gone to frown it down. All admitted that It was 'svhat a Farm Products Show ought to b ' :ii,d hat it waii as ditTerent from the usual "Agricultural Hnss Trot," with its midway fakers, and vll." shows, that gr far beyond the sug gestive, as noon is from midnight. Vhile the one Is simply a matter of cniiimeri*ialisra, tho taking of th'> money away from the home, th" o'her is for the instruction and en¬ couragement in all that will bring prosperity and comfort to evei'v ciiutry fire side, and will keep the boys and girls near to the singim,' i:f birds, the petting of stock, th.- glowing of flowers and grains, the drinking in the bracmb 1 reezes, "when the frost Is on piimiikin and the corn is in schock," FATHER AND BROTHER MOTORED TO THE SCENE AND IDENTIFIED BODIES Botli Families Had Arranged for a Week End Visit to Their Parents and Friends at Bath. TOWN AND VICINITY IN MOURNING Four Wind Gap men were injured '1 ree of them so badly that they are il' a serious cindition in the Easton I.ospital, as the result of an accident wUen the automobile of W. H Miller a Wind flap plumber, ran into a r L. & W. fre ght train at the crossing near F.delmans. this county, at about ten o'clock Wednesday night. Miller, accompanied by Allen (Red I : vis, who is one of his employes, went to Easton to purchase some plumber's suiplies, and they had irvited Thomas L. Davis and John I K. Jones, both of Wind Gap, to a'company them for the ride Returning home, they were unabl'. to see for any great d stance in front ¦if them, due to the heavy lOg, an i at Edelman's crossing, the r.i"chine cir.fhed ino the freight train which ^ias iiassing tne crossing at the tiia--. All of the ir en with the e.xcepiion o.' Jones, were rendered unconscious. Jcnes managed to retain corscious- Less long enough to summon -mother motorist who was in the vicinity, and Trombone Solo By Eu¬ gene 7 reir;^ un ter Cf Trios; Cash Offering For The Day Amount¬ ed to $200. The annual Rally Day services in Hainan Memorial United Evangelical [Church and Sunday rchool were ob¬ served last Sunday. Rev. P. K. liergman, ii.'ior of the church, had 1 ,anned a program, which was suc- i.Esfully carried out. At &:30 A. .^i . the Sunday school session was oi-ened by rhe superintendent, James Irierly. Miss Jennie Schl.imp and -Mrs. P. K. Bergman rendered a piano duet to the delight of all preseni. F.ev. Paul S. Meinert, pastor of the local .Moravian churcli addressed ;be school in an able aud interesting manner. His address v.is very mstiuctive and was greatly appreciated. A splendid e.xplauatiou o;' the Sun,lay school lesson was given by D. -A. Cohick. Great inter¬ est centersd in the offering; th.i Classes reported individually. The Ladies' Bible Class reported the fith the aid of other people who had Ittigest amount, $.",0.20; the amount gathered, the injured men wer-' of ihe am re school was $!52.50. Friends ind relatives of two B.itli families were grief S'-'icken early S.'turday eveuiug wh.m the news was telephoned X,i7,areth Ihat the entire family of Hardie H. Fehnel. a bro¬ ther of Clarence F. Fehnel, 12 il South killed. latter, scars on her forehead and a fiactured sl'ull. Mr. .Miller, who was caught behind the steering ge.ir oi the car, was pinned underneath the trucks of the trolley, and his bi dy was mangled and skull tract- Green Street, N'azareth, was'uied. From the position of th.- as well lis the family of | bodies of Mr, and .Mrs. Fehnel it was Henry F. Miller, form rly ot Bath, evident that they also were und, r Immediately on rec.'.viug word of! ihe front trucks of tho trolley car the accident, Clarence F, Fehnel, las Mrs. Fehnel's f.ice was smashed with his ftiLiier, Clinton H. Fehnel, laud skull fractured and her b.ick .\. S. Fehnel and S. J. Fehnel motor- Irokeu. .Mr. Fehnel's skull was also ed to Qu.ikertown, reaching the)'e at 'f-actured with ugly face scars, Th-i' 12 P. M., for the purpose of identl-j face of Mrs, Fehnel was so di fl.iiur- fymg the dead bodies. On calling led that identification -was only pos- on Dr. William S. Erdman, they|sihle through the color of her hair were informei that the accident had The victims, all had limbs broken, occurred and reached the scene oiii ft sh torn and badly mangled, he had beeu notified by Superlnten-j X\ the impact of lh,> crash, the dent Stover of the Quakeriowu ; front trucks of the- troll, y jumped and fall th,' the BATH CHURCH CELEBRATES 50TH trolley statlo.i, th.it an accident h.d oca'ured aud readied the scene of the accident Just a few minutes later iird found that all of them me' in¬ stantaneous death. From him they learned tij^t personal cards had been found on the bodies whicli en¬ abled him to get in touch with r'Ui- tives lu Bath and that the telephoa-i operator later got inform.ition to r.Jatives of .Mrs. Fehnel in Piilla- c<(:lphla. On ascertaining that the bodies had been '-iken iu charge by Under- 'te tracks and ripped their way into .a.'cident and that orders should be' giVen the officials of the Trolley! Company not to move the m.ichin,i j or do any cleaning up until he was i enabled to reach tho scene on Sun- ' day morniag but in spite of these instrurtious the trolley company saw to it that e\erytliing pertaining to the coUisiin was removed before nine o'clock Sunday, and befoie h' vas able lo get there. He Immedi- aiely appointed a jury, wilh Oswin C-iJSsman, of Quakertown, as fore¬ man. A visit was made to 'h.- seen of the accident and a prelituir.ary Investigation made,. The coroner advised the Jury that the inquest would probably be held at'er the funeral of thn victims or early the following week. Siever.il oincials of the Leh gh Valley T-ansi: Company. Mr. S; ring tlie field on the far side of the road, jai'd Mr. Trythall reached the seem a distance of approximately 200 |of the accident early in the evening feet, il hovever not being known lard took 'harge of the v.ilu Dies of whether vhe rear trucks left th" Ithe d.'ad and arran,.;ed for their tr.icks as uo.ie of tho bereaved wa-'remov.il to the morgue. Mr. Sprin; enabled to see the debris. Passi'Dj? er.= were thrown from their seats and were shaken and bruised, but none was badly hurt. Hiram Erb, motorman of the car. st'id that ne sa'.v the autoraohil,.' i pproaching the crossing but believ¬ ed, from Its position, that jt had faker Trelfin^er, with the aid of two'stepped to allow him to cross th undertakers ;n Quakertown and two'road. ^le said that it was nearly f"om Riclilindtowu, the F.'hnels (.ark Imd difiltuP to see obj'-ct^ hastened t> tho temporary morgU" luore than few y.irds away. His back of tlu. Globe Hotel and identl- statement, however, was discounted fied the viciims, and a short time'in view of the fact that the road J V\7l''/ |
Month | 10 |
Day | 28 |
Year | 1920 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19201028_001.tif |
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