Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1912 — ATTACKED BY HORSE; SEVERELY INJURED [ARTICLE]

ATTACKED BY HORSE; SEVERELY INJURED

Family Driving Horse Infuriated at Smell of Blood Jumped on f Harvey Rowland. Harvey Rowland, 22 years of age, son of Peter Rowland, of Carpenter 'township, had one of the pelvic ,or hip bones shattered Tuesday and suffered other-injuries when he was attacked by the family driving horse that had always been perfectly gentle. Mr. Rowland had been butchering hogs and had the blood on his hands when his sister drove home from school. He started to unhitch the animal, which at once became vicious, apparently from the smell of the blood, and jumped right on Rowland and knocked him down and would probably have killed him had not his father come to the rescue and succeeded in whipping the infuriated animal off. Harvey was badly bruised up and examination proved that one of the pelvic bones was broken. He will be laid up for some time.