Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1915 — Charlie Mecklenburg in Auto Accident. [ARTICLE]

Charlie Mecklenburg in Auto Accident.

Charles Mecklenburg, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mecklenburg of this city, who for several years has had a position as bartender in the sample room of the Hotel Lahr at Lafayette, met with what might have been a serious accident Wednesday while returning to Lafayette with George WallaCe, of the firm of Wallace Bros., plumbers of Lafayette. Wallace lost control of the car 'he was driving when near Independence and the machine went down a 15-foot embankment, turning twice over. Charlie was thrown through the windshield into a barb wire fence. The car landed upside down against a fence post, which kept it off of Wallace, who was underneath. Except for several bruises, the men were not seriously hurt. Charlie had taken a camera along with him and took a number of views on the trip, but the instrument was smashed ..o flinders.