LEHN

Posted by cathy gowdy on Wednesday, July 02, 2008 at 04:48:30 :

The Marin Journal
Thursday, March 16, 1922
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Stroke Fatal To Man At Auto Wheel

An automobile accident which was fatal to one man and caused injury to four other persons occurred last Friday night when a machine driven by William Lehn So. (sic) of Forestville went over the bank on St. Vincent’s Hill.

The injured were brought to San Rafael, four of them receiving treatment at the Emergency Hospital and Lehn being taken to the Cottage Hospital. Lehn died shortly after midnight. An autopsy performed by Dr. J. H. Kuser revealed that death was caused by apoplexy, although the man had sustained two fractures of the right arm, a broken rib and severe lacerations of the scalp.

Mrs. Lehn is suffering from a broken thigh. The remaining members of the party, William Lehn Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman of Santa Rosa, received minor cuts and bruises.

The remains of the deceased, a well known vineyardist of Forestville, were removed from the F. E. Sawyer Parlors Sunday to Santa Rosa. Lehn was 55 years of age. Dr. C. B. Marston attended Lehn at the Cottage Hospital.

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One man is dead and four others seriously injured as a result of the auto accident on the highway near the John Mattoes ranch, Friday night. William Lehn of Forestville, Sonoma county and driver of the car was killed while the injured person[s] are Mrs. Lehn, not expected to live; William Lehn Jr., cuts about the head; Chas. Newman, Santa Rosa, injured about the body. Mrs. Newman, cuts about the head and body. The machine skidded while making the turn near the Mattoes Ranch, hitting a telephone pole and falling in the ditch at the side of the road. The badly damaged car was taken to Santa Rosa Tuesday. Assistance was given the injured by Frank Long, Geo. S. Jones and Clarence Burnett, who rush (sic) Mr. Lehn to San Rafael.