Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1911 — Narrow Escape From Death In Automobile Wreck. [ARTICLE]

Narrow Escape From Death In Automobile Wreck.

W. A. Davenport, deputy postmaster, had a narrow escape from death Saturday afternoon while returning from -Remington in an automobile. With his sister-in-law, Miss Ida Jacobson, and his' two children, aged 2 and 7 years, he went to Remington on a pleasure trip. Returning home about four o’clock, the car struck a rock about four miles this side of Remington and he lost control of the machine, with the result that the right front wheel was broken off, overturning the car and pinning the occupants underneath it. The children being small escaped injury, but Miss Jacobson and Mr. Davenport were not so fortunate. Miss Jacobson’s jaw bone was fractured and she received several bruises.

The seat of the car rested on the neck of Mr. Davenport, pinning him to the ground, and he would slowly have choked to death but for the prompt action of Mrs. Samuel Willits, near whose residence the accident took place. She was able to rescue all of them from the wreck and Mr. Willits brought them on to Rensse-

laer. Mr. Davenport received some internal injuries and bruises. Later in thS evening a wheel was placed on the car and it was brought to town under its bwn power. The

damage to the car will amount to S3O or S4O. Besides the wheel being demolished the glass wind shield was broken, axle bent, and the lamps broken.