Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1912 — “BUDDIE” WASHBURN HAS NARROW ESCAPE. [ARTICLE]

“BUDDIE” WASHBURN HAS NARROW ESCAPE.

Falls Under Running Automobile and Rolled Several Feet —Comes Up Smiling and Unhurt “Buddie,” the four-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. I. M. WaShburn, miraculously escaped serious injury Tuesday afternoon when he fell under his father’s running automobile. The doctor and his son were driving, from their home to the office. As they were turning the corner at McFarland’s grocery the doctor threw She engine from high into low gear. “Buddie” was not holding to anything and the sudden jerk, caused by changing gears, unbalanced the littie fellow and threw him from the machine and under the running board, between . the front and rear wheels. The doctor made a grab for him but was not quick enough. H. F. Parker, who was on the crossing at the time, shouted and he also made an effort to^, reach the boy. In an instant o*6 doctor had thrown in the brakes and put on the reverse. Before the machine was stopped in » its forward course the rear wheel mounted . the lad’s body across the waist, partially doubling him up. The reversing of the macing then rolled the boy two or three feet before it could be stopped. "Buddie” was not disabled even for a minute and, excepting slight bruises, seems to Be none Che worse off by the accident. That he was not injured fatally or even seriously seems nothing short of a miracle to those who witnessed the accident. *—