Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1915 — Edison’s Sight Periled By Error of Assistant. [ARTICLE]

Edison’s Sight Periled By Error of Assistant.

While experimenting Wednesday in an effort to eliminate odors from one of his chemical plants at Silver Lake, N. J., Thomas A. Edison narrowly escaped an impairment of his eyesight when a quantity of potash was thrown into his face as a result of the error of an assistant. It was stated Wednesday night that Mr. Edison had suffered no further effects of the accident than a severe smarting of the eyes tod had resumed work. The fact that his solution was weak and that quick steps were immediately taken to counteract the effect of the chemical probably prevented a permanent injury to Mr. Edison’s eyes.