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rein-sk-onliningre-ov-eirRange'LeavesWorst AccidentDeadInjuredsrsItinsFive persons are dead and towoc, Wis.; Gordon H. Vani- area by this time last vear. eight are hospitalized as a re- destine, 26, Green Bay, and2050indVT1-toid-indlaynu-entlis-oflev60'ts,imas.ot-heisi-Ahenghesuit of a gruesome traffic accident involving three cars and seven motorcycles about 6:30 Saturday evening on highwayUS-51 in Iron County, Wis., approximately eight miles south of Hurley, near SchombergPark.Although more persons were killed in several previous collisions, Saturday’s accident ranks as the worst in the Gogebic Range’s history in the number of persons and vehicles involved. The worst previous accidents occurred July 20, 1964 when eight persor.s were killed in a two-car collision on US-51 a short distance south of Hurley and June 8, 1971 when six died in an auto-van smashup on US-2 10 miles west of Hurley.In Saturday’s accident a car,which investigating officers saidwas being driven by an Illiniosman at 90 miles an hour orfaster, bowled over sevenmotorcvcles and then ° nashed year a^°0into two cars, lt;’I of which wereOf the 12 Drifters Club members killed or injured, the three Apfels were in the first auto struck by Ross’ car and the county area of rest were riding motorcycles.Gogebic and On- Two of those who died werepronounced dead at the scene and their bodies were taken toKeith Hougard, 20, Green Bay. The five deaths raise to 20the 1975 traffic toll in the six-tonagon counties in Michigan and Iron, Ashland. Vilas and Oneida countiesin Wisconsin. There were 15 fatalities in theEngstrom Funeral Home, Hurley. The others who died were taken to Grand View Hospital, where two of them were pro-See DETAILS—Page 2Wisconsin Roads Claim19 Victims Over Holidayliv THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDeaths of 19 persons in trafficaccidents during the extended Labor Day weekend raised Wisconsin’s 1975 highway fatality toll to 590 today compared with 575 on the same date aruralwhenEmil Strohbeen, 74,Clayton, died Sundaystruck by a car as hecrossing a highway inCounty.Esther Stalbaum, 65, Waukesha, was fatally injured SundaywasPolkKenosha Countyes-tioth,edckndla-ficItyat»ixnyal-n-*e-•n-cein a two-car collision at a Dane authorities j County highway intersectionoperated 'by'members~of the saK* a Kenosha man, Richard where aut’ tu- said vanda bDrifters Motorcycle Club of the -ichlitz, and a 19-month old had rerr a a stop sign.James Emmer, 21, Campbell-sport, died Sunday when thrown from his motorcycle as it struck south of Kenosha Sunday eve- a dog on a Washington CountyGreen Bay, Wis., area. The child, .Jason Bruenning, died in seven motorcycles were ina a fiery two-car crash at an ingroup of 13 which were being tersection along Wisconsin 74follow'ed by the two autos. The .accident occurred on a straight M*n^- * -ie child s mother, Susanroacsection of the highway on dry Bnenning, 19,pavement. hospitalized.Killed in the accident wereRonald Ross, 36, McHenry, 111,, driver of the car which causedKenosha, wasEdward Patch, 86, Milwaukee, died Sunday of injuries received B/ian Bartlett, 13, Pewaukee, Saturday when struck by a carat an intersection near hisand Michael Magedanz, 14, Waukesha, died when the car home.the collision when it veered into *n which they were riding overturned on a rural road near Merton.rural Merrill victimsthree-carthe caravan of motorcyclists;William E. Cashman, 23, Rt. 2, DePere, Wis., Brenda J. Kreu-Three!C-istsilo,COe-idjpser, 24, Suamico, Wis., and died Monday in aBradley Apfel and his sister - crash on a Lincoln County road.They were identified as Herbert W. Hass, 68, one of the drivers; Marie DeMuth, 63. an-in - law, Mrs. Terry Apfel, both 18 and both of lit. 5, SturgeonBay, Wis.Hospitalized are Terry Apfel, other driver, and Ixmise E Lo-22, Rt. 5, Sturgeon Bay; Theodore R. Kreuser, 26, Rt. 4,Green Bay; -Mrs. Cathv J. Rupp-Hougard, 21, Green Bay; Howard U Currey 20, DePere;Glen P. Koenig, 20, DePere;kemoen, 58, a passenger in Mrs.DeMuth’s car,A Laona vouth, JameswAshinger, 15, died Monday when his motorcycle collided with ar T ■ • ' m ' : — -car on a highway in ForestRussell 11. W bee lock, 34, Mani- County.Five persons died Saturday when a car driven by Ronald Ross, 36, McHenry, 111., collided with a group of motorcyclists traveling two abreast on US 1 south oi Hurley. Eight persons were hospitalized.Also dead in weekend ace denis were Albert Haskins, 69,rural Boscobel, and motorcyclist David Rice, 17. Poplar. Ten persons died in trafbaccidents during the compa able holiday period last ye;\ the state s worst Labor Day weekend for traffic deaths1964 when 84 persons died.W
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Tue, Sep 02, 1975
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