Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1907 — SACRIFICE OF A BUILDER [ARTICLE]

SACRIFICE OF A BUILDER

He Falls to His Own Severe Injury in Order to Save an Employe from a Like Fate. Columbus, Ind., Attg. 14. Floyd Stam, of Hope, this county, who Is building the new Odd Fellows’ block at Elizabethtown, decided that If one man had to fall from the second floor of the building that man had better be he. So be fell and saved his companion and employe from the fate which might have been his. Stam and one of his workmen were walking an “I” beam and carrying a piece of timber. The workman stumbled and both began trying to regain their balance. One of the men had to fall, so Stam dropped the piece of timber and plunged down. His companion regained his balance and came down a ladder. After Stam was able to talk he said he fell because he wished to save the mau who was working for him. His spine is hurt and his injuries are serious. Terre Haute Claims 65,000. Terre Haute, Ind„ Aug. 14. The new city directory out Monday, like tlie census of voters, the letter carriers’ basis and all other estimates of population, gives Terre Haute more than 65,000 population. The school enumeration made under the direction of State Superintendent Cotton last week would give the city only 45,658.

Right Arm Torn Out. Plainfield, Ind., Aug. 14. Charles Hoick, farmer, Is reported fatally Injured. While oiling a threshing machine his right arm was caught by a belt and was torn from his body at the shoulder. Rolck is a well-known member of the I. O. R. M. ' . • _ V _ ' Nearly Died of Neuralgia Tablets. reru, Ind., Aug. 14. Mrs. E. G. Reed, of Howard county, had a close call for life from taking two neuralgia tablets to allay the pain of toothache. She was seized with heart failure and a physician’s services were required to restore her. Woman Given a Bad Fall. Alexandria. Ind., Aug. 14. During the progress of a church festival in the public streets Mrs. J. S. Shannon was knocked down by small boys at play colliding with She was seriously Injured. Soaked for Dynamiting First. Frankfort, Ind., Ang. lAr-Samuel Stong, of this place, was fined $250 and costa, aggregating S2BO, in the city court for dynamiting flab.