Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1920 — TWO WORKMEN INJURED; NARROW ESCAPE FOR DOCTOR [ARTICLE]

TWO WORKMEN INJURED; NARROW ESCAPE FOR DOCTOR

•A. G. Bader of the Winamac Construction company, and another ’workman whose name has not been learned, were injured and Dr. Crocket, of Lafayette, had a narrow escape from death when the automobile of the latter struck the abutment Of the temporary bridge spanning the Oliver ditch just west of Newland between six and seven o’clock Friday evening. The machine struck the two workmen who were sitting on the abutanenit and narrowly missed plunging over the thirty-foot embankment into the ditch. _ ~ The bridge over the ditch at this point was taken out several mouths ago to permit the dredge to pass through, and since that time a temporary bridge has served in its stead. Dr. Crockett was not familiar With the road and his machine was but a few feet away from the open ditch when he noticed his predicament. The car struck a five foot drop just in front of the abutment; the front wheels in some way leaping civer the drop and striking the abutment. The machine skidded, but Dr. Crockett was able to right it-before it plunged over the embankment. Both of the men sitting on the abutment were struck in the back by the car, and were knocked ante the ditch, suffering vefy j»inful bruises. Mr. Bader also suffered a deep wound in the scalp, ur. Crockett was uninjured. Dr. Kresler, who was a classmate of Dr, Crockett at Purdue, fortunately happened by a few moments after the accident occurred and attended the injured men.