Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1913 — CLOTHES TORN OFF IN GASOLINE ENGINE [ARTICLE]

CLOTHES TORN OFF IN GASOLINE ENGINE

7 ' i Six-Tear-Old Daughter of John Sommers Severely Bruised in Accident Tuesday. The &yeain>ld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sommers, southeast of town, suffered severe bruises about the face, arms and chest Tuesday morning when her clothing became tangled in the flywheel ■of a gasoline engine used for the purpose of pumping water. Fortunately the little girl wps lightly clothed or death would certainly have resulted. Her clothing was literally all torn off. Had it been of a firmer texture the little girl would have suffered a terrible death.