Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1913 — Auto Filled With Picnickers Met Slight Accident Thursday. [ARTICLE]

Auto Filled With Picnickers Met Slight Accident Thursday.

Attorney A. Halleek with a load of little girls in his big automobile had a slight accident in front of the court house Thursday afterpoon between 3 and 4 o’clock. The steerng gear ofhis machine became disconnected and before the car could be stopped it had struck a guy wire to a telephone pole. The pole was given a violent jerk and snapped off in two places, requiring a new pole'to be put in. Probably there were,a dozen girls in the car, and none were injured except that one bumped her mouth on the front seat. The glass front was broken out of ths car, one bow of the top was broken and a lamp slightly bent. The damage to the car did not exceed $2. Fortunately the car was running very slowly. Mr. Halleek was bringing it to a.stop to let the children out at the court house.