Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1915 — GIRL INJURED WHEN TWO AUTOS COLLIDE [ARTICLE]

GIRL INJURED WHEN TWO AUTOS COLLIDE

.Miss Lizzie Potts Suffered Fractured Ribs Whdn Fords Met in HeadEnd Collision. Mass Lizzie Putts, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Butts, of Rensselaer, suffered three fractured ribs, a sprained ankle and bruises on the side of her head Friday evening at about 8 o'clock when an automobile in which she was riding collided with a car driven by Brother Hinen, of fit. Joseph's college. Miss Putts and Cecil Co cel, who were helping at the Walter V. Porter farm in Jordan township, were being brought to town by Walter Porter, Jr., better known as “Mike,” and the collision •occurred in front of the college. In the rear seat of the Car driven by Brother Sylvester was Father Andrew peitl. They were near the point where they would have turned into the college ground's and Mr. Hinen thinks were not goirig faster than 12 miles an hour. Mike was coming to town at a fast rate of speed. The road is probably 40 feet .wide at that point but it Was not wide enough and the left sides of the car hit together. The college oar dame to a halt with a broken wheel, a bent axle and a slightly bent fender. The Porter car ran on for about 100 feeft, turned entirely around and over on *the side, the three occupants being thrown out. Miss Putts and Mike Porter were stunned but the Coffel boy whs (uninjured. The Porter car was badly wrecked, the wind shield, left front fender, one wheel and the top being damaged, also the body of the From a money standpoint, however, tjhe car was not so badly damaged and from S2O to $25 will put it in repairs. It is the same oar in which Charley Porter, Mike Wagner and others overturned three week® ago rforth of Virgie. Dr. WaShbum attended the Putts girl and found that the injuries were all on her left side and had apparently occurred when she struck the ground. It was a /dose call for a more serious rtsult.