Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1914 — Almost Spilled a Whole Bus Load Tuesday P. M. [ARTICLE]

Almost Spilled a Whole Bus Load Tuesday P. M.

A very bad accident was narrowly averted Tuesday afternoon. W. L. Frye, the-bus man, was coming up town from.the 2 o’clock train. He had four traveling men and a man, two women and two children as passengers. Just as he was in front of the Main Garage R. L. Har : ris backed out of the gar-age and lost control of his Car. It rammed into the rear wheel of the bus with such force as to throw Mr. Frye from the seat of the bus. He held to the lines, and it Was well he did, for the horses started to run and he was dragged some twenty feet before he brought the ho-rses to a stop. The bus was alpbst tipped over and all of the passengers were given a good shakeup, one of the women having lier head bumped severely. Had the bus turned over some one would doubtless have been severely injured.. Mr. Harris had been used to driving a Hupmobile and on this occasion was driving a Ford and he got the levers mixed up when he saw the impending erash and tried to stop his ear.