Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1912 — GLENN BAKER HAS BAD ACCIDENT [ARTICLE]

GLENN BAKER HAS BAD ACCIDENT

Young Man Lost Toes and Part of Right Foot While Working at B. D. McColly’s SawmilL Glenn Baker, 28 years of age,’ son of John N. Baker, of Barkley township, met with a painful and shocking accident at the sawmill camp run by B. D. McColly, on the Barkley farm in Barkley township. He owns the engine that is propelling the sawmill and has been acting as foreman for Mr. McColly. He was running the timber into the saw and slipped in some manner and his right foot was carried into the saw. The blade ripped through his foot, cutting it frightfully. He was brought to town and placed in the hospital, where local surgeons found it necessary to cut all the toes and part of the foot. It was at first thought that amputation at the ankle would be necessary, but this was not done, every effort being made to save as much of the foot as possible. He stood the operation well and there is only remote possibility of infection.