Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-25
Southern Io1ua Items

scious. Police surgeons were called
and succeeded in restoring the near
victims to consciousness. A break in
sewer is responsible for the leakage
Iowa City.
Louis butcher. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George butcher, Of Iowa City, was in
jured painfully in a coasting accident
here late at night. While sliding down
Court street hill with a number of
other children, the bobsled which young
butcher was steering overlook small
er sled and crashed into it. butchers
leg was caught between the two hobs
and crushed. Some of the children were
thrown ten feet into the air by the
crash Of the hobs, but with the excep-
ton of minor bruises the others es-
capped without serious injury.
Henderson.
Roy Woods, q years old, living here,
stole a good mare belonging to Charlie
Wilkinson. three miles southeast of
Henderson. Next morning he appeared
at Carson and tried to sell the animal.
The Carson constable had been notified
Of the theft and he promptly arrested
young Woods. The young man was
brought back to Henderson. and at a
hearing before Judge Duke was bound
over to the grand jury. He is now in
Jail at Glenwood. 1t is said that only
a few weeks before Woods stole mare
from Peter Bare Of that locality and
sold the animal to Fred Greig. The
matter was settled at the time by
Greig.
MechaniesvilIe.
The clang of the fire bell struck
terror to the hearts of our people Mon
day afternoon. People were frantic 10
learn where the blaze was and found
that 1t was at the c. w. Johnson home
just at the west edge of town. Failure
to understand the name of the resi-
dence caused the fire company to
hasten to the w. A. Jackson home only
to find out their mistake. Alarmed at
the delay caused by this mistake the
fire company rushed to the Johnson
home, which is at the extreme op-
posite side Of town. but their efforts
were futile. They didn't have hose
enough to reach and the fine home OF
the Johnsons was burned to the
ground. The loss is estimated at So.
500 to $4,000 and was covered by in
surance to the extent OF $500.
Fire at the Pastime theater Saturday
afternoon created a mighty big stir on
Main street. altho 1t did little damage
compared with what. 1t might have
done and was of short duration. The
films In the picture machine stopped
for an instant thru an accident and the
intense heat from the electric light
ignited them. The machine is in an
ante room in front of the theater and
flames burst out thru the window, but
fortunately bucket brigade with
water and a liberal application of snow
extinguished the flames before the ar
rival of the fire company, who were
loss OF four moving picture films
the damage was slight. 1t necessitated
dayS.
Malvern.
Conscious to the last and debating
kilograms to relatives while suffering
intense pain. Miss Hanna Angus. Of
this place, died at 3 O'clock Saturday
evening from burns received when a
pan OF gasoline over which she was
was ignited during the after
noon. Her mother, Mrs. w. A. Angus
was also severely burned, and her con-
dftion, Is critical. Miss Angus was
cleaning some clothing with gasoline
In the kitchen OF the Angus home. A
bright fire was burning in the stove
and her mother was ironing with q
gasoline f7atiron near by. In some way
che Gasoline became ignited and the
room was enveloped In flames. Ine
of Miss Angus caught fire and
was entirely burned away. ana her hair
which was hanging loose about her
shoulders. following gasoline bath.
was q prey for the flames. u-- mother
vas also severely burned