Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 212, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1919 — LEG BROKEN IN TWO PLACES; GRAVEL PIT CAVES IN. [ARTICLE]

LEG BROKEN IN TWO PLACES; GRAVEL PIT CAVES IN.

Orval Reed, son of Charles Reed, of Barkley township, had his right leg broken in two places Monday afternoon while at work at his father’s farm. He was brought to the hospital here for treatment. At the time of the accident young Reed was hauling gravel from a pit in company with his brother, Seth. Both boys were in the bottom of the pit when the gravel caved in without warning, burying them beneath it. Seth was able to extricate himself and freed his brother. The latter is suffering a great deal of pain and the breaks are of a serious nature.