Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — FORD AUTO TURNED TURTLE [ARTICLE]

FORD AUTO TURNED TURTLE

Roscoe Reeder and Two Companions Unhurt When Car Upsets. Roscoe Reeder of near Virgie and two companions had a narrow escape from serious injury Friday evening when the Ford car in which they ’were riding skidded on the oiled street near B. Forsythe’s residence and turned turtle. . They were driving east on Wash?, ington street and as they neared the corner the right front tire blew out. They car instantly skidded into the curbing and bounded back into the street, where it turned completely over, the wheels turned skyward. The accident was witnessed by several people along the street who went to the car nad lifted it from the three men, who were all pinned beneath, but luckily none of them were injured. The car was quite badly damaged, the top being smashed, windshield broken, fenders bent beyond repair and the radiator broken quite badly. The steering wheel and gear was also damaged. The accident is said to have b.een due perhaps more to the fluid in the car than the oil on the street, and the overturning of the car disclosed that it was quite well laden with beer, and the street was strewn with beer bottles when the car upset, several of which were broken in the mishap.