Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1911 — DROPPED BY RUSTY FENDER [ARTICLE]

DROPPED BY RUSTY FENDER

South Bend Woman Dies Under Wheels of Street Car. South Bend, Ind., July I.—The failure of a rusted fender of a type installed only two months ago resulted in the death of Mrs. Carrie Maughermar, aged sixty-seven, under the wheels of a street car. She alighted from one car and stepped directly in front of another on the second track. The second car was moving slowly, but the woman’s body was drawn under the wheels. Investigation of the accident is being made by the city officials, and the street car company may be compelled to adopt another style of fender, as the city has control of this part of the street car equipment under a franchise.