Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1911 — Struck by Traction Engine and Suffers Only Slight Injuries. [ARTICLE]

Struck by Traction Engine and Suffers Only Slight Injuries.

Nehemiah Hopkins, who was at his Surrey farm Wednesday, was struck and knocked down by a traction engine driven by Dallas Gunyon, and although one wheel of the great engine ran up one of his legs and struck the pelvic bone he is not thought to .be seriously injured and was well enough to be brought to his home that afternoon. Fodder shredding was in progress at the farad and Mr. Hopkins Ending by a team of mules as the traction engine approached. He did not know that he was close enough for the wheel to strike him and Mr. Gunyon naturally expected Mr. Hopkins to move. Fortunately the accident happened wherq the ground was very soft and all the injury that the physician eeuld find when the examination was made Wednesday was • a severe strain to the limb and a slight spreading of the pelvic bones. Those who witnessed the accident thought Mr. Hopkins had been killed.