Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1911 — FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.

tLafayette, Ind., May 29. —Four persons in a big touring car on their way to the bedside of the dying father of two of the members of the party went over a steep embankment near here yesterday, and Mrs. William P. McEwan, wife of a farmer of Raub, Benton county, was instantly killed. William S. Minier and Mrs. William S. Minier, a sister of Mrs. McEwan, were seriously injured. The party started from Raub in Mr. McEwan’s car at 9 o’clock Saturday night, having received a telephone message a short time before from Crawfordsville, saying that Mrs. McEwan’s father, Tames E. Fleming. was dying. Mrs. McEwan insisted on leaving immediately, saying s'he was afraid if she waited s’he would not see her father alive. When they reached the overhead.crossing near Montmorenci the brake failed to work and McEwan was unable to bring the car round the second turn. He twisted the steering wheel until 'he pulled it loose from the post and the car hit the light railing and plunged down the embankment.

Mr. and Mrs. Minier were taken home today in a serious condition. The funeral of Mrs. McEwan will be held Tuesday at her home. She is survived by her husband and eight children.