Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1916 — Occupants of Automobile Received Scare Saturday Night. [ARTICLE]

Occupants of Automobile Received Scare Saturday Night.

H. E. Parkinson drove to Delphi Saturday to attend the triangular meet, taking with him Mrs. W. H. Parkinson, Helen Parkinson, Elizabeth Witham, Faustine West and Bernice. Long. When returning at about 1 o’clock that night they ran into a ditch near Seafield. There is a double turn there just before the bridge is reached. The first turn was made all right and the car was going very slowly but the second turn was not seen and the car went into a ditch with about 12 inches of water in it. No one was hurt and the car was not hurt but all the occupants were badly scared. Mr. Parkinson is about 60 years old and is a very caution driver, so no blame can be laid to fast driving. At tKe time of the accident he was only going about 12 miles an hour. After the car ran into the ditch they telephoned W. H. Parkinson and Max Kepner, who went to the scene and pulled the car ba?k unto the road. They did not get home until about 7 o’clock in the morning.