Dates given were found in the Eshelman Family Tree book by John and Esther Eshelman, 1976.
The only other information given about Truza was that she died in an auto accident.
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THREE KILLED, ONE HURT IN JOY RIDE
Accident Occurred on Kentville Road Near Kewanee Last Night
WERE DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR
Occupants of Car Were Hurled 250 Feet in the Air - The Chauffeur Known Here
Kewanee, IL, July 20 - Three are dead and one seriously injured as a result of a joy ride at 9 o'clock last night in Kewanee. Arthur Larson, 23, and Elizabeth Lyndon, 16, were killed instantly. Frank Van Hecker sustained severe injuries, Truza Eshleman, 17, died soon after the accident, when the front wheel of the roadster in which the four were travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour collapsed and threw the car and occupants 250 feet though the air.
Larson and Miss Lyndon were both residents of Kewanee and Miss Eshleman was visiting in Kewanee from Sheffield, IL.
Larson, the owner of the illfated car, was driving at the time of the accident. He was coming on the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee, and when he approached a 2 foot jog in the road, failed to slacken the speed of the car in spite of the warnings of Frank VanHecker, the only member of the party who was not killed in the spill.
VanHecker lies in a Kewanee hospital in serious condiction with his left leg badly broken. The jog in the road, which the car took at the rate of 50 miles an hour, in on a slight hill. The speeding car plunged down the grade and struck a small pile of sod and loose dirt at the bottom. The right front wheel of the car, which was defective and had been repaired before, collapsed from the force of the impact and car and occupants were hurled through the air to the point where the bodies were found, 250 feet west of where the wheel collapsed.
VanHecker, the only one of the joy riders now living to tell the tale, was rendered unconscious for a short time after the accident, but soon recovered enough to call for help. Mrs. Ruby Rule, wife of a farmer living near the scene of the accident, heard the cries for help, and hurried to the scene, where she found the terribly mutilated bodies of two of the occupants of the car, two injured passengers and the demolished chassis of the machine in a heap where they had landed 15 minutes before. Mrs. Rule summoned aid from Kewanee immediately and the bodies were removed from the scene. Miss Echleman [sic] died about midnight last night without regaining consciousness.
Larson, owner and driver of the car, is well known in Kewanee and vicinity and has several friends in Galesburg. He was employed at the Larson and Lunberg garage, one of the leading garages in Kewanee, prior to his death. Miss Eshleman lived in Sheffield and was visiting at the home of Mrs. Victor Peterson in Kewanee. The two girls met the men in the machine downtown in Kewanee and agreed to take the ride over the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee on the county line between Henry and Bureau Counties.
The car was a Paige chassis with a speedster body mounted on it. The four passengers in the two passenger speedster made riding condictions somewhat inconvenient and according to VanHecker, the driver was more than once warned during the journey that it was dangerous to drive so fast. The last warning was given at the top of the hill near the curve where the accident occurred.
An inquest is being held over the bodies late this afternoon and it is thought that the verdict of the jury will be to pronounce the speed and reckless driving of the car responsible for the death. The bad spot in the road was left when the road had been graded a few days before the accident in spite of the soft spot on the road."
Source:
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: JULY 20, 1916
The only other information given about Truza was that she died in an auto accident.
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THREE KILLED, ONE HURT IN JOY RIDE
Accident Occurred on Kentville Road Near Kewanee Last Night
WERE DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR
Occupants of Car Were Hurled 250 Feet in the Air - The Chauffeur Known Here
Kewanee, IL, July 20 - Three are dead and one seriously injured as a result of a joy ride at 9 o'clock last night in Kewanee. Arthur Larson, 23, and Elizabeth Lyndon, 16, were killed instantly. Frank Van Hecker sustained severe injuries, Truza Eshleman, 17, died soon after the accident, when the front wheel of the roadster in which the four were travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour collapsed and threw the car and occupants 250 feet though the air.
Larson and Miss Lyndon were both residents of Kewanee and Miss Eshleman was visiting in Kewanee from Sheffield, IL.
Larson, the owner of the illfated car, was driving at the time of the accident. He was coming on the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee, and when he approached a 2 foot jog in the road, failed to slacken the speed of the car in spite of the warnings of Frank VanHecker, the only member of the party who was not killed in the spill.
VanHecker lies in a Kewanee hospital in serious condiction with his left leg badly broken. The jog in the road, which the car took at the rate of 50 miles an hour, in on a slight hill. The speeding car plunged down the grade and struck a small pile of sod and loose dirt at the bottom. The right front wheel of the car, which was defective and had been repaired before, collapsed from the force of the impact and car and occupants were hurled through the air to the point where the bodies were found, 250 feet west of where the wheel collapsed.
VanHecker, the only one of the joy riders now living to tell the tale, was rendered unconscious for a short time after the accident, but soon recovered enough to call for help. Mrs. Ruby Rule, wife of a farmer living near the scene of the accident, heard the cries for help, and hurried to the scene, where she found the terribly mutilated bodies of two of the occupants of the car, two injured passengers and the demolished chassis of the machine in a heap where they had landed 15 minutes before. Mrs. Rule summoned aid from Kewanee immediately and the bodies were removed from the scene. Miss Echleman [sic] died about midnight last night without regaining consciousness.
Larson, owner and driver of the car, is well known in Kewanee and vicinity and has several friends in Galesburg. He was employed at the Larson and Lunberg garage, one of the leading garages in Kewanee, prior to his death. Miss Eshleman lived in Sheffield and was visiting at the home of Mrs. Victor Peterson in Kewanee. The two girls met the men in the machine downtown in Kewanee and agreed to take the ride over the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee on the county line between Henry and Bureau Counties.
The car was a Paige chassis with a speedster body mounted on it. The four passengers in the two passenger speedster made riding condictions somewhat inconvenient and according to VanHecker, the driver was more than once warned during the journey that it was dangerous to drive so fast. The last warning was given at the top of the hill near the curve where the accident occurred.
An inquest is being held over the bodies late this afternoon and it is thought that the verdict of the jury will be to pronounce the speed and reckless driving of the car responsible for the death. The bad spot in the road was left when the road had been graded a few days before the accident in spite of the soft spot on the road."
Source:
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: JULY 20, 1916
Dates given were found in the Eshelman Family Tree book by John and Esther Eshelman, 1976.
The only other information given about Truza was that she died in an auto accident.
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This article was sent by a FindAGrave contributor:
THREE KILLED, ONE HURT IN JOY RIDE
Accident Occurred on Kentville Road Near Kewanee Last Night
WERE DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR
Occupants of Car Were Hurled 250 Feet in the Air - The Chauffeur Known Here
Kewanee, IL, July 20 - Three are dead and one seriously injured as a result of a joy ride at 9 o'clock last night in Kewanee. Arthur Larson, 23, and Elizabeth Lyndon, 16, were killed instantly. Frank Van Hecker sustained severe injuries, Truza Eshleman, 17, died soon after the accident, when the front wheel of the roadster in which the four were travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour collapsed and threw the car and occupants 250 feet though the air.
Larson and Miss Lyndon were both residents of Kewanee and Miss Eshleman was visiting in Kewanee from Sheffield, IL.
Larson, the owner of the illfated car, was driving at the time of the accident. He was coming on the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee, and when he approached a 2 foot jog in the road, failed to slacken the speed of the car in spite of the warnings of Frank VanHecker, the only member of the party who was not killed in the spill.
VanHecker lies in a Kewanee hospital in serious condiction with his left leg badly broken. The jog in the road, which the car took at the rate of 50 miles an hour, in on a slight hill. The speeding car plunged down the grade and struck a small pile of sod and loose dirt at the bottom. The right front wheel of the car, which was defective and had been repaired before, collapsed from the force of the impact and car and occupants were hurled through the air to the point where the bodies were found, 250 feet west of where the wheel collapsed.
VanHecker, the only one of the joy riders now living to tell the tale, was rendered unconscious for a short time after the accident, but soon recovered enough to call for help. Mrs. Ruby Rule, wife of a farmer living near the scene of the accident, heard the cries for help, and hurried to the scene, where she found the terribly mutilated bodies of two of the occupants of the car, two injured passengers and the demolished chassis of the machine in a heap where they had landed 15 minutes before. Mrs. Rule summoned aid from Kewanee immediately and the bodies were removed from the scene. Miss Echleman [sic] died about midnight last night without regaining consciousness.
Larson, owner and driver of the car, is well known in Kewanee and vicinity and has several friends in Galesburg. He was employed at the Larson and Lunberg garage, one of the leading garages in Kewanee, prior to his death. Miss Eshleman lived in Sheffield and was visiting at the home of Mrs. Victor Peterson in Kewanee. The two girls met the men in the machine downtown in Kewanee and agreed to take the ride over the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee on the county line between Henry and Bureau Counties.
The car was a Paige chassis with a speedster body mounted on it. The four passengers in the two passenger speedster made riding condictions somewhat inconvenient and according to VanHecker, the driver was more than once warned during the journey that it was dangerous to drive so fast. The last warning was given at the top of the hill near the curve where the accident occurred.
An inquest is being held over the bodies late this afternoon and it is thought that the verdict of the jury will be to pronounce the speed and reckless driving of the car responsible for the death. The bad spot in the road was left when the road had been graded a few days before the accident in spite of the soft spot on the road."
Source:
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: JULY 20, 1916
The only other information given about Truza was that she died in an auto accident.
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This article was sent by a FindAGrave contributor:
THREE KILLED, ONE HURT IN JOY RIDE
Accident Occurred on Kentville Road Near Kewanee Last Night
WERE DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR
Occupants of Car Were Hurled 250 Feet in the Air - The Chauffeur Known Here
Kewanee, IL, July 20 - Three are dead and one seriously injured as a result of a joy ride at 9 o'clock last night in Kewanee. Arthur Larson, 23, and Elizabeth Lyndon, 16, were killed instantly. Frank Van Hecker sustained severe injuries, Truza Eshleman, 17, died soon after the accident, when the front wheel of the roadster in which the four were travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour collapsed and threw the car and occupants 250 feet though the air.
Larson and Miss Lyndon were both residents of Kewanee and Miss Eshleman was visiting in Kewanee from Sheffield, IL.
Larson, the owner of the illfated car, was driving at the time of the accident. He was coming on the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee, and when he approached a 2 foot jog in the road, failed to slacken the speed of the car in spite of the warnings of Frank VanHecker, the only member of the party who was not killed in the spill.
VanHecker lies in a Kewanee hospital in serious condiction with his left leg badly broken. The jog in the road, which the car took at the rate of 50 miles an hour, in on a slight hill. The speeding car plunged down the grade and struck a small pile of sod and loose dirt at the bottom. The right front wheel of the car, which was defective and had been repaired before, collapsed from the force of the impact and car and occupants were hurled through the air to the point where the bodies were found, 250 feet west of where the wheel collapsed.
VanHecker, the only one of the joy riders now living to tell the tale, was rendered unconscious for a short time after the accident, but soon recovered enough to call for help. Mrs. Ruby Rule, wife of a farmer living near the scene of the accident, heard the cries for help, and hurried to the scene, where she found the terribly mutilated bodies of two of the occupants of the car, two injured passengers and the demolished chassis of the machine in a heap where they had landed 15 minutes before. Mrs. Rule summoned aid from Kewanee immediately and the bodies were removed from the scene. Miss Echleman [sic] died about midnight last night without regaining consciousness.
Larson, owner and driver of the car, is well known in Kewanee and vicinity and has several friends in Galesburg. He was employed at the Larson and Lunberg garage, one of the leading garages in Kewanee, prior to his death. Miss Eshleman lived in Sheffield and was visiting at the home of Mrs. Victor Peterson in Kewanee. The two girls met the men in the machine downtown in Kewanee and agreed to take the ride over the Kentville Road, four miles east of Kewanee on the county line between Henry and Bureau Counties.
The car was a Paige chassis with a speedster body mounted on it. The four passengers in the two passenger speedster made riding condictions somewhat inconvenient and according to VanHecker, the driver was more than once warned during the journey that it was dangerous to drive so fast. The last warning was given at the top of the hill near the curve where the accident occurred.
An inquest is being held over the bodies late this afternoon and it is thought that the verdict of the jury will be to pronounce the speed and reckless driving of the car responsible for the death. The bad spot in the road was left when the road had been graded a few days before the accident in spite of the soft spot on the road."
Source:
GALESBURG EVENING-MAIL: JULY 20, 1916
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