Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1913 — DELIVERY HORSE RAN AWAY-DRIVER HURT [ARTICLE]

DELIVERY HORSE RAN AWAY-DRIVER HURT

Frank Putts Badly Shaken Up When Thrown From Wagon at Lyman Zea’s Residence. : r ' Frank Putts, the deliveryman for the Home Grocery, was- severely Shaken Up and possibly received a broken bone in his right wrist when he was thrown from the delivery wagon this Friday morping at the Lyman Zea corner, Elm and Dayton streets. The horse he was driving is quite high spirited and when one of the traces became unhooked the animal began to. run and the other trace became unhooked and the horse rap so much faster. The spill occurred right at the crossing and Frank landed in a heap on the brick crossing. His face was considerably bruised, the ligaments of his right arm were torn, and the left arm was also bruised and it is believed a bone in the right wrist was broken. He was able, however, to be up town this afternoon and is feeling glad that the incident did not result worse for him. The 'horse broke loose from the wagon at < the -same comer where Frank was spilled out and was stopped at the Firman Thompson residence. Neither the horse nor the wagon was damaged.