Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1908 — Broke His Leg. [ARTICLE]

Broke His Leg.

Lowell Tribune. Tuesday afternoon John Hack had the misfortune to have both bones of his left leg brokeh midway between the knee and ankle. Mr. Hack has the contract of cleaning out the Beaver Dam ditch east of St. John, and time of the accident was handling the scraper In seme manner one of the horses fell, catering his leg between it and the bank of the ditch, and in his lunging caused the fracture of Mr. Hack’s leg. After being extracted from his port ion he lay on the ditch bank for some time until a doctor at Crown Point could be summoned. Dr. Houk camqwith his auto and took him to hte office, where he and Dr. Blackstone reduced the fracture, after which Dr. Houk brought him home, arriving here about 7 p. m. We called to see Mm next morning and found him as comfortable- as could be Expected and taking it philosophically. His daughter, Mrs. Lynch, came dowA Tuesday night to assist tn taking care- of him.