Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1920 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Tilegraphlc Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happening* In the Nearby Cities and Town*—Matter* of Minor Mention From Many Localities. FOWLER MAN BADLY INJURED When His Auto Collides With Street Car in Lafayette. Lafayette, July 15.—Struck by one street car and thrown in front of another, an automobile owned and driven by Harry A. Comley of Fowler, an undertaker, was wrecked on the Main street bridge over the Wabash river Tuesday night and the occupants injured. Comley was on his way to Lafayette to meet his wife. He was accompanied by his 8-year-old daughter Jeanette, Frank Louett of Fowler and Miss Helen O’Neill of Goodland. The automoblk, which i* said to have been traveling at high speed, sideswiped the first car, skidded and ran head-on Into the other. Comley was thrown through the windshield, and when found had th 3 rim of the wrecked steering wheel in his hand. He was hurt internally and severely cut about the head. The injured man was taken to a hospital. Mise O’Nelil was badly cut and bruised about the arms and legs, and Louett has an Injured eye and leg. The little girl was asleep on the rear seat and wae not hurt. While a crowd of sightseers was about the wrecked car another automobile driven by John Rieka approached at high speed. The driver put on the brakes and the ca» skidded and turned completely around, landing in the midst of the frightened- crowd. W. J. Snyder, a traveling man, was struck and knocked down, being injured about the hips.