Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1909 — WAGON DROWNS TWO [ARTICLE]

WAGON DROWNS TWO

Holds Woman and Nephew Unden Water Till Life Is Extinct. , " Bloomfield, Ind., Jan. 12.—An unusual accident resulting in the death of two persons occurred near Mineral City, four miles east of here. The victims were Mrs. Mollie Ruth, wife of William Ruth, a well-to-do farmer, and Glenn Roach, the seven-year-old nephew of Mrs. Ruth. Mr. Ruth, his wife, daughter and nephew, had been spending the day at Mineral City, with the family of Richard Haywood, and after supper started home with the family. They had about three miles to drive, and were making the journey in a farm wagon. The night was dark. About a quarter of a mHe from the Haywood home they came to a small stream spanned by a culvert. In some way the spring wagon was overturned and Mrs. Ruth, her daughter and nephew were pitched head foremost into the water, which was only a food deep, the wagon falling on them. .