Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1915 — CHARLES MECKLENBURG HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT [ARTICLE]

CHARLES MECKLENBURG HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Car Plunges Over Fifteen Foot Embankment Near Independence Wednedsay. • Charles Mecklenburg, employed at the Hotel Lahr, at Lafayette, and George Wallace, secretary of Wallace Bros. ,plumbers, had a thrilling experience in an automobile accident Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, near Independence. It was a miracle, perhaps, that both men escaped with their lives. They had been to Attica, and were returning to Lafayette when Mr. Wallace, who was driving, lost control of the machine. The car left the road and plunged down a fifteen foot embankment, turning over twice. Mr. Mecklenburg was thrown through the wind shield and a barbed wire fence, and was badly cut and bruised. He sustained several severe cuts on his hands, and there was a ’ong, deep gash on his left leg. It required eight stitches to close the wound. Mr. Wallace was held in the car by the steering wheel, and was more fortunate than Mr. Mecklenburg. He escaped with a few minor brtiises. In turning over, the car alighted upside down on a fence port and this fact probably saved Mr. Wallace’s life. Had it come down on top of him he would have perhaps been crushed to death. Both men were suffering considerably Wednesday night from the

shock. Mr. Mecklenburg lost a camera in the accident that he prized very highly. He had it on a trip through the northwest and took a number of views Wednesday on his trip to Attica. Mr. Mecklenburg is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mecklenburg of Rensselaer and lived here until recent years.