Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1907 — Another Runaway Monday. [ARTICLE]

Another Runaway Monday.

There was a rather bad runaway Monday forenoon, some miles north of town on the north gravel road. John Zimmer, who lives on the Madison Makeever farm in Newton township, was driving in a buggy with h s brother in law Jake Wagner. When nearing the Matheny farm two miles north and a half mile east of town, where they had some business, the tongue broke and the team got frightened and ran away. After running about 75 yards the team was turned into Mr. Matheny’s barn yard but ran against a post and broke the buggy to pieces. Mr. Zimmer was thrown againstUhe post and striking on his head was pretty badly injured but it is not turned out that skull was fractured. Mr. W agner was not hurt.