Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1914 — MAN’S GLASS EYE BLOWS UP [ARTICLE]

MAN’S GLASS EYE BLOWS UP

Artificial Optic Explodes When In Its Socket and Teare Owner's Face. Austin. Tex. —Arthur F. Nichols was the victim of the most peculiar accident on record. His left eye exploded. It was a glass eye and the .explosion occurred while he was sitting at the supper table. Slivers of glass were imbedded in his face and he was taken to an oculist, who removed several pieces. Nichols’ other eye also is glass, he being totally blind. No cause has been assigned for the explosion. Nichols keeps a cigar stand in the state capltoL