Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1918 — MONON MAN KILLED BY THRESHING ENGINE [ARTICLE]

MONON MAN KILLED BY THRESHING ENGINE

August R. Han, of Monon, was killed Thursday while acting as engineer on a threshing engine, on the Alva Thomas farm, two miles west of Monon. While engaged in moving tile outfit, Mr. Han was backing the engine to attach same to the separator when in some manner he miscalculated the distance, or power, or lost control of the engine, and it crashed into the separator, crushing the ‘body of Mr. Han between them. His body was removed as soon as possible, but he lived only thirty minutes. Coroner M. M. Hughes held an inquest at 7 p. m. Thursday and gave his verdict “Crushed by traction engine—accidentally.”'