Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1911 — MARBLE DITCH ENGINEER [ARTICLE]

MARBLE DITCH ENGINEER

Seriously Injured With Four Others in a Motor Car Derailment. C. J. Hobbs of Kersey, recently appointed engineer of the Marble ditch, was seriously injured, and Frank E. Lewis, general manager of the Gifford railroad; Jos. Hilliard, assistant cashier of the Bank of Wheatfield. and P. A. Lafond, agent for the C. I. & S. R. R., at Kersey, suffered minor injuries Thursday night, when a motor car on the C. & E. I. R. R. in which they were riding struck a stray horse belonging to Lon Neese at Dunn’s siding, near the Kankakee river, killing the horse and throwing the car violently from the track. The nighf* was dark and foggy and they did not see the horse in time to avoid striking it. The injured men were compelled to wait at Dunn’s siding until the C. & E. I. operator at that place could walk to Wheatfield and procure assistance. Mr. Hobbs, whose skull is fractured, is in a critical condition and was not expected to recover, but the latest reports say he is improving and hope is entertained for his recovery.