Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1915 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of ths Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. FIVE WOMEN INJURED When Switch Engine Demolishes a Touring Car. Lafayette, Ind., July 18.—Five women were injured, two probably fatally, today when a Wabash switch engine struck a touring car at a street crosing. Miss Arline Opp, 25 years old, sustained a fractured skull at the base of the brain. She is dying. Miss Grace Wood, 30 years old, is suffering from concussion of the brain. •'----- Miss Ethel Shambaugh, Mrs. A. L. Shambaugh and Miss Gertrude Wood were all badly hurt. The car was demolished.