Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1916 — TOURIST AUTO STUCK IN IROQUOIS MUCK [ARTICLE]

TOURIST AUTO STUCK IN IROQUOIS MUCK

Fast Driven Car Left Grade at Bark’s Bridge and Was Almost Submerged—No Damage. Two young men from Chicago driving an Oakland “six,” jumped from the grade at the north side of Burk’s bridge Monday night shortly before midnight and their c&r alighted in the muck at the. east side of the road. Fortunately it remained right side up or the occupants would have met death by suffocation in the muck. The two young men at once located a telephone and sent in a call for aid, and Rex Warner, manager of the Central Garage, accompanied by Max Kepner, Bert Abbott and others, answered the call. The Babcock & Hopkins Buiek was used in an effort to pull the oar from the muck but it could not be done. Then the Standard Oil truck was called to the scene and its big wheel spun in the soft road, but the Oakland speedster could not be budged until the chains were put on the wheels of the truck and workmen pushed, pulled and pried about the partly submerged car. The car in the meantime had been sinking deeper and deeper in the muck and in a short time would have been entirely submerged. The work of rescue began at 12 o’clock and it was 5 o’clock in the morning before the car was finally pulled to the road. Investigation disclosed that the car was not damaged except by its bath in the muck and the young men rejoicing paid *he costs of the car’s rescue, $17.50, and left for the races in good spirits.