Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1911 — Boy Gets Bad Bump in Fall While Playing on Box Car. [ARTICLE]

Boy Gets Bad Bump in Fall While Playing on Box Car.

Glenn, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Albert Timmons, fell while playing on box cars in the freight yards of the Monon railroad Tuesday evening shortly before 5 o’clock. He was jumping from the Donnelly coal shed to a box car when he slipped and fell to the ground, alighting on his head. He was picked up unconscious and carried to his home, and Dr. English summoned. The boy remained unconscious all night and at first a fracture of the skull was, feared. He came to himself after about fourteen hours, however, and will probably suffer no serious injury. A careful examination this morning developed that only a concussion and not a fracture had occurred.