Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1911 — Leslie Alter Badiy Burned With Sealding Water. [ARTICLE]

Leslie Alter Badiy Burned With Sealding Water.

Leslie Alter, who lives with his father, John D. Alter, on his farm In Union township, was badly scalded Thursday uorning. He was carrying a bucket of boiling water to be used in the family washing when he slipped, and the water poured out on his legs. The left leg was scalded from the hip to the heel and the right leg from the knee down. The scald Is a deep one and much of the skin has peeled from the limbs. He has suffered considerably and today the pain is especially severe.