Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — GUS KANNE SERIOUSLY HURT [ARTICLE]

GUS KANNE SERIOUSLY HURT

Skull Fractured When Auto Turned Over Tuesday Evening. Gus Kanne of near Campus, Illinois, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kanne of Rensselaer, is in a hospital at Streator, Illinois, and his condition is quite serious. His automobile turned over Tuesday evening as he was returning home from Campus and it is thought his skull has been fractured near the base of the brain. Mr.. Kanne had gone to Campus alone Tuesday evening- and while he was there his wife telephoned him that Mr. and Mrs. Alf Kanne and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kohley of this place had come to spend the Fourth. Mr. Kanne started home at once and it is presumed he was driving fairly fast. When he was about a mile from home, according to the best information obtainable, one of the front wheels of his car struck a rock and broke down, which-caused the machine to turn over. Some time later Mr. Kanne was found lying about sixteen feet from the wrecked machine, having been thrown that distance.

He was unconscious when found and was immediately removed to his home. His relatives here were notified and his father and brothers, George, Arthur, Al and Ed Kanne and wife, and sister, Mrs. Gaylord McFarland, went to Campus at once. The injured man lay in a semiconscious condition for twenty-four hours and Wednesday evening was removed to a- hospital at Streator, Illinois. Dr. Johnson of this city was called to Streator Thursday to see Mr. Kanne, and found his condition quite serious. He showed signs of regaining consciousness at times but not sufficiently to give any considerable encouragement. It was the intention of tho attending physicians to operate on the patient yesterday afternoon if he did not show some material improvement by that time. Whether or not this was done we did not learn at the time of going to press.