Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1917 — IN AUTO WRECK IN THE EAST [ARTICLE]

IN AUTO WRECK IN THE EAST

Wheatfield People Injured Near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Sunday. Word was received in Rensselaer Monday of an auto accident near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Sunday, in which Mrs. Simon Fendig of Wheatfield and her mother, Mrs. E. W. Allen, were injured. Mrs. Fendig’s brother, Eugene Allen, who accompanied them,' escaped uninjured. Mrs. Allen suffered a broken leg and was injured internally, and her condition is quite serious. Mrs. Fendig was painfully bruised but her condition is not serious. The party was returning from Allentown,- Pennsylvania, where they had been to visit Allen Fendig, who is stationed there w>th the engineering corps. When near Uniontown their Maxwell auto turned over and all three were caught beneath the machine. Mrs. Allen is about sixty-five years old and grave apprehension is felt for her recovery, from, the best information obtainable here. She is now in the hospital at Uniontown and relatives at Lafayette and Wheatfield have gone to her. bedside. Her husband died a few years ago and she has since resided with her children, and is a most estimable lady.