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Auto Crash Kills Man. Several Injured On Polk County Road
Dramatic accident scene details follow a late night collision near Pocahontas involving a Humboldt driver. Clarence Wachter dies instantly after his car collides with another vehicle driven by a Humboldt man. Harold Shimon saves a life. Amber Wachter injured, later hospitalized. Multiple others, including Myrl Ackland and Miss Knoblauch, sustain injuries. Hospital transfers occur as sheriff and wrecker respond. Community mourns Wachter, a cemetery caretaker, while neighbors assist the injured and scene is cleared.
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Hrader
Pocahontas
Clarence Wachter
Aiold ‘Shimon
Havelock
Ain
Humboldt
Clarence
Harold Shimon
Here
Waters
Wy. George
Laurens
Myrle
Miss Knoblauck
Lutheran
Fort
Ptt
Will Fowler
C. C. Cole
R. GC. Cole
Charles Hilger
Lester Goodchild
Will Hilton
Katherine Grove
Havelock Ladies Aid Society
Clara Keerles
Malay
Kankakee
Irvin Keerles
Emmetsburg
Henrick
Martha Cagan
Mallard
Bob Cook
Rolfe
Will Brazier
Merritt Brazier
Will Nowack
J. G. Obrecht
Francis and
Gaylord Nowack
Fred Jurgens
Henry Hansen
Pete Smith
Clara
Margaret Smith
Otto Agebinetty
Joe Edge
Claus Johnson
Bert Smith
Ray Gruver
Gordon Leigh
Sonny Huseby
Ben Eby
G. A. Grover
Rena Huseby
Betty
Sonny
Pearl Mick
Norma Jean Edge
Rose Moore
Carroll
Moore
Rose Ward
Bradley N. Moore