Elbert Nessle 'Bert' McCord, a successful farmer in Crawford Co, IA, married Ida M Bixler, the daughter of Isaac Bixler & Mary Jones.
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| courtesy of Julia Hendrix - Ancestry |
Jennie Irene & Mary Ione were twins, however, Jennie died in infancy
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| courtesy of Sue Jensen - Find A Grave |
Jennie Irene, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert McCord of Paradise Township, died of la grippe last Saturday morning, Feb. 2nd. She was born July 18, 1900, and was six months and 14 days old. She was a very sweet baby and the parents are greatly saddened by her death. The funeral was held at the house Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. Webster and the little one was laid to rest in the Dow City Cemetery.
In 1927, Ida died while out enjoying some car racing
Palo Alto Reported, 6
Oct 1927
Two Killed and Three Injured in Fair Auto Races - Driver Crashed Through Fence in Last Race at Spencer Saturday
Two people are dead and three more are dangerously or seriously injured, all live of them residents of this county, as the result of being struck by a racing automobile that got out of control and ran into a crowd of spectators on the Clay county fair grounds last Saturday afternoon, says yesterday's Spencer Reporter. While crowded twenty thousand people and watched eight cars tear round and round the track at close to mile-a-minute speed in the final race of the program, a car driven by Jimmie Nichols of Des Moines suddenly rammed through the outer fence near the south end of the west turn, shot across a strip of ground about thirty feet wide that the police were keeping clear for safety's sake, and hit violently five persons who were behind the wire that had been strung to hold the spectators back from the track.
Legs Broken
The five were alongside a car that was parked near the wire. They were Mrs. Ida McCord, one of the owners of the Electrik Maid Bakeshop in Spencer; Ed Zieman, a farmer living a mile and a half south of Royal, and his nine-year old daughter Lois; Joe Hagerty and Floyd Anthony, two young men of Spencer. They were caught with crushing force between the charging racer and the parked car and their legs were broken and wounded. The racing car had come head on and right side up, and was quickly rolled back, so that the injured could be got at. John E. McClurg, chief of the fair grounds police, was patrolling the space outside the west end of the track when the accident occurred. He said he saw that Nichols was in trouble in the north part of the west turn and he ran south to try to get the spectators out of the way. The car was too fast for him and was through the fence and into the crowd before he could get near enough to warn them. Thousands had seen the car go through the fence, and almost instantly there was a rush of curious people toward the scene of the accident. John McClurg said that he and his deputies in that vicinity and a few persons whom he persuaded to help him had all they could do to keep the crowd back till the injured could be gotten out. He pleaded with the mob till he was out of breath, first to give the injured a chance, and second to keep away from the track where the race was still going on. It was a twenty-one lap affair and it had been only half run when the accident took place. Nichols was pulled out of his car and taken to the Red Cross station on the grounds. He had a long cut over one eye and was dazed for a while but was not seriously hurt. He said next day that something must have gone wrong with his steering gear. His was described as a Ford, but Nichols said it had Ross cam and lever steering gear, the best kind he knew of. New front wheel spindles had been put on the car recently. Nicols said he had been racing 10 years.
Taken to the Hospital
The five seriously injured were carried out of the jam and placed in volunteered or commandeered cars and taken to the Spencer hospital as rapidly as possible.
Two Die -Saturday Night
Mrs. McCord and little Lois Zieman were the most seriously injured. Each had both legs broken above and below the knee, and the ones crushed into many fragments, and perhaps internal injuries. The shock and loss of blood was more ban they could survive. Lois died about midnight Saturday, and Mrs. McCord passed away at two o'clock Sunday morning. Ed Zieman had a complicated fracture of (both bones of his left below the knee and had lost a great deal of blood. His other leg was bruised. Indications were favorable yesterday for his recovery and the saving of his leg. He is about 50 years of age. Both bones of Joe Hagerty's right leg below the knee were broken and his left leg was bruised. He had been out of the hospital for only a few days, following an operation about three weeks ago for appendicitis. Floyd Anthony's chief injuries were a fracture of the large bone of the right leg about three inches above the ankle, and,a bone broken and tendons torn in his instep. He was taken home Saturday evening.
Second Accident
It was the second time that a racing car had gone through fence that day. Earlier in the races another driver lost control of his machine and crashed through the siding, hut no other damage was done.
Nichols Star Racer
Probably several of our people who visited the auto races at the state fair, in Des Moines, were present to see Nichols win first in the free-for-all. He also won several prizes at the Hawkeye fair.
Hold up Racing Company's Pay
A curiosity arises as to the liability of the Clay County Fair Association in connection with the accident. As to this it is interesting to know the following from the Spencer Reporter: "The auto races were put on by the World Amusement Association, a South Dakota corporation, under an agreement by which that concern was to receive a share of the day's receipts for its pay. The fair executive board held a special meeting on Sunday and decided not to pay over the racing company's share, amounting to about $2700 just yet."
Two Killed and Three Injured in Fair Auto Races - Driver Crashed Through Fence in Last Race at Spencer Saturday
Two people are dead and three more are dangerously or seriously injured, all live of them residents of this county, as the result of being struck by a racing automobile that got out of control and ran into a crowd of spectators on the Clay county fair grounds last Saturday afternoon, says yesterday's Spencer Reporter. While crowded twenty thousand people and watched eight cars tear round and round the track at close to mile-a-minute speed in the final race of the program, a car driven by Jimmie Nichols of Des Moines suddenly rammed through the outer fence near the south end of the west turn, shot across a strip of ground about thirty feet wide that the police were keeping clear for safety's sake, and hit violently five persons who were behind the wire that had been strung to hold the spectators back from the track.
Legs Broken
The five were alongside a car that was parked near the wire. They were Mrs. Ida McCord, one of the owners of the Electrik Maid Bakeshop in Spencer; Ed Zieman, a farmer living a mile and a half south of Royal, and his nine-year old daughter Lois; Joe Hagerty and Floyd Anthony, two young men of Spencer. They were caught with crushing force between the charging racer and the parked car and their legs were broken and wounded. The racing car had come head on and right side up, and was quickly rolled back, so that the injured could be got at. John E. McClurg, chief of the fair grounds police, was patrolling the space outside the west end of the track when the accident occurred. He said he saw that Nichols was in trouble in the north part of the west turn and he ran south to try to get the spectators out of the way. The car was too fast for him and was through the fence and into the crowd before he could get near enough to warn them. Thousands had seen the car go through the fence, and almost instantly there was a rush of curious people toward the scene of the accident. John McClurg said that he and his deputies in that vicinity and a few persons whom he persuaded to help him had all they could do to keep the crowd back till the injured could be gotten out. He pleaded with the mob till he was out of breath, first to give the injured a chance, and second to keep away from the track where the race was still going on. It was a twenty-one lap affair and it had been only half run when the accident took place. Nichols was pulled out of his car and taken to the Red Cross station on the grounds. He had a long cut over one eye and was dazed for a while but was not seriously hurt. He said next day that something must have gone wrong with his steering gear. His was described as a Ford, but Nichols said it had Ross cam and lever steering gear, the best kind he knew of. New front wheel spindles had been put on the car recently. Nicols said he had been racing 10 years.
Taken to the Hospital
The five seriously injured were carried out of the jam and placed in volunteered or commandeered cars and taken to the Spencer hospital as rapidly as possible.
Two Die -Saturday Night
Mrs. McCord and little Lois Zieman were the most seriously injured. Each had both legs broken above and below the knee, and the ones crushed into many fragments, and perhaps internal injuries. The shock and loss of blood was more ban they could survive. Lois died about midnight Saturday, and Mrs. McCord passed away at two o'clock Sunday morning. Ed Zieman had a complicated fracture of (both bones of his left below the knee and had lost a great deal of blood. His other leg was bruised. Indications were favorable yesterday for his recovery and the saving of his leg. He is about 50 years of age. Both bones of Joe Hagerty's right leg below the knee were broken and his left leg was bruised. He had been out of the hospital for only a few days, following an operation about three weeks ago for appendicitis. Floyd Anthony's chief injuries were a fracture of the large bone of the right leg about three inches above the ankle, and,a bone broken and tendons torn in his instep. He was taken home Saturday evening.
Second Accident
It was the second time that a racing car had gone through fence that day. Earlier in the races another driver lost control of his machine and crashed through the siding, hut no other damage was done.
Nichols Star Racer
Probably several of our people who visited the auto races at the state fair, in Des Moines, were present to see Nichols win first in the free-for-all. He also won several prizes at the Hawkeye fair.
Hold up Racing Company's Pay
A curiosity arises as to the liability of the Clay County Fair Association in connection with the accident. As to this it is interesting to know the following from the Spencer Reporter: "The auto races were put on by the World Amusement Association, a South Dakota corporation, under an agreement by which that concern was to receive a share of the day's receipts for its pay. The fair executive board held a special meeting on Sunday and decided not to pay over the racing company's share, amounting to about $2700 just yet."
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