Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1911 — A Near Auto Accident. [ARTICLE]

A Near Auto Accident.

A bolt from the steering gear of his auto dropping out while out driving Sunday afternoon with his wife and brother Joe, caused M. E. Mequire to "lose control of the machine and. it ran into the ditch and struck the bank at the side of the road, breaking the front springs and throwing the occupants out. All escaped serious injury except Mrs. Mequire, who suffered a sprained ankle. The accident happened south of town, near the Cain farm. Fortunately the auto was not being driven very fast or much more serious results Would have followed.