Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1910 — AUTO WITH TWO MEN JUMPS FROM ABUTMENT. [ARTICLE]

AUTO WITH TWO MEN JUMPS FROM ABUTMENT.

Alf and Roy Lowman Have Narrow Escape When Buick Leaps From Grade at East Bridge. That Alf and Roy Lowman are alive and practically uninjured today is rather remarkable, for they were carried over the stone abutment at the Jroquois river bridge a mile east of town Thursday evening in the same Buick No. 10 that Dr. Hansson was driving several weeks ago when he pulled through a barbed wire fence near St. Joseph’s college. Dr. Hansson sold the machine a few days ago to Harvey Lowman, the Pleasant. Ridge merchant, and his nephews, Alfred and Roy Lowman had come to Rensselaer in it. They were, returning home and had turned off to the right near the bridge to let a buggy pass and as Alf, who was driving and who has had considerable experience as a chauffeur, twisted the steering gear to the left after passing the rig, in order to bring the machine again to the center of the road, it veered sharply to the left and shot off the bridge abutment. Both men were carried with it and when the machine struck the ground some ten feet beyond and four feet below both crashed through the glass front and rolled over on the ground. The car did not move after striking the ground and the men were foftainate that it was not running fast as It doubtless would have overturned and pinned them underneath. Alf was cut and pricked by the glass slightly on both hands, his left elbow was considerably bruised and a patch of skin knocked off the front part of his right leg. Roy was worse cut about one hand, but had no other injuries The car, which one would naturally think to be ruined, was very little hurt except for the breaking of the glass front wind shield. Mr. Lowman got the car out of the ditch and back to the road the same evening and in the morning it was brought to town and left for repairs at a local garage. Too much play.in the steering gear is thought to have caused the accident. Peculiarly, it’occurred in identically the same manner as it did with Dr. Hansson, having taken a sudden turn sharply to the left. Mrs. R. D. Thompson is spending today in Lafayette. Lafayette is to have a -big home coming celebration this year, beginning on Sept. 26th. Miss M. J. Rose, of Cissna Park, 111., who had been visiting her brother, W’ C. Rose and family, near McCoysburg, took the 10:55 train in Rensselaer this morning for Lafayette. Dr. A. J. Miller, who now lives at New Salem, this week had his bees and bee supplies shipped to him. He was quite a bee raiser while here and had about a dozen stands shipped. Edward Mohlman, of Lafayette, is here visiting his brother George Mohlman, who works in the cement tile mill and Ed has decided to accept a intended trip to the west. Henry Childers and sons, John and Isaac, and daughter, Mrs. Eva Arnold, of Delphi, came yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Frank Rowen, who was a granddaughter of Henry Childers and a niece of the others. They returned to Delphi this afternoon. Word was received here yesterday that Dr. Loy’s father had died at Piqua, Ohio. He was about 90 years of age and has been declining for several months: Dr. Loy was in Rensselaer the day before and had probably not reached Piqua when his father died. Most farmers seem to think that the oats may have been done a little damage by the freeze of Tuesday night but all agree that they are suffering for a want of rain. Most people with whom we have conversed incline to the belief that plums and pears were hurt by the freeze and frost but that most other fruits escaped. N S. Bates reports that his strawberries were hurt but little by the freeze but that they are suffering quite a little from the drouht. Peaches, cherries and apples, most people whom we have interviewed, seem to think are not much injured.