Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1913 — Willard Shields Injured . In Wind Storm at Wabash. [ARTICLE]

Willard Shields Injured . In Wind Storm at Wabash.

Willard F. Shields, of Wabash, was quite severely hurt during the windstorm last Friday. The PlainDealer of Wabash gives the following account of the accident, which took place at the George Barcus plant:' “At the Wabash Foundry & Machine company’s factory, on south Carroll street, five men, accompanied by George Barcus, went up on the building to keep the tin roof from blowing away, about seven o’clock this morning, when suddenly a severe gust of wind came along and lifted the portion of tin upon which Willard Shields was standing, hurling him down upon the roof force that he was rendered unconscious and rolling him up with the tin roof, only the side of the building keeping the tin with its human weight from falling to the ground. Seeing their fellow workman’s plight, the other men. hurried to his side and after unrolling the tin roof, under which the man was buried, they immediately removed him to the office, where, after working with him for some time, he was finally brought back to consciousness. It is expected that he will recover entirely in a few days, providing he has npt been injured internally.” A letter received from Mrs. Shields in which The Semi-Weekly Republican was ordered sent to them, states that Willard’s back and right side are injured and that they cannot tell how long he will be unable to work.