Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1912 — Rensselaer Young Men In Automobile Accident [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Young Men In Automobile Accident

. While- out automobile riding near DeMotte last night,'the machine driven by Ed Kanne, turned partially over, throwing its occupants in the ditch. Ed Kanne, Harry Eger, Mell Haas, Vern Haas and John Knox were in the machine. Ed Kanne and Vern Haas sustained the worst injuries, the others escaping almost unscratched. -- Ed Kanne was at the wheel driving the Ford. One light was in working order and it was sopaewhat dim. They were just turning in at the road onehalf mile west of DeMotte, when Kanne saw a rut extending entirely across the road. He slowed down before he got to it and in the attempt to drive around it, two wheels went over the side of the ditch. Kanne was unable to get away from the incline and after driving about 25 feet he stopped the engine. The machine was unbalanced by stopping the engine and it tipped half way over. The glass front was broken and the steering gear bent; Kanne and Knox were not pinned down in ahy way and easily righted the machine in a short time. Five minutes’ time did not elapse from the time the spill occurred until they were cm their way again. Had they been going at a fair rate of speed, no doubt serious accidents would have happened. On account of slowing for the rut in the road they probably were not going more than 10 or 12 miles an hour.

A piece of glass pierced Kanne's right leg just above the ankle and it is thought it bruised the bone. He did not complain of the cut and it wasn’t treated until this morning. Vern Haas was injured internally, but is not in a serious way.