Bio: Greeler, Mr./Mrs. Charles (Serious Auto Accident – 1916)

Contact: Ann Stevens
Email: ann@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Vasko, Greeler, Frei, Rowe

----Source: Neillsville Times (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 10/26/1916

Greeler, Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Serious Auto Accident – 18  Oct 1916)

On Wednesday evening of last week, Frank Vasko met with a serious automobile accident in which he and his wife were quite badly hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Vasko and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greeler in the Vasko car and Mr. and Mrs. George Frei and George Vasko and Irving Greeler, in the Frei car, were returning home from Loyal about midnight. As they neared the Will Rowe farm, the Frei car, which was in the lead, turned off suddenly and Vasko attempted to follow also. He was going at too high rate of speed to make the turn safely. He applied the emergency brake, but the car went over the embankment into the ditch. The sudden stop threw the occupants out of the car into the road and all were badly hurt, Mr. Vasko having several of his teeth knocked out and being rendered unconscious, Mrs. Vasko being badly bruised, Mrs. Greeler suffering injury to her lower limbs and Mr. Greeler being hurt about the chest. All of the injured persons were taken home and have been under the care of a d Octor ever since. It was a very bad accident and one which had serious results, but fortunately that none of the participants were killed.