Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-20
Southern Io,ua Items

| car was enveloped in flames and total
ly destroyed. The car was REQ and
! Mr.. Hammond purchased it about u
year ago. "A funny part Of the fire was
! the fact that the insurance expired at
noon on the day the machine was
burned ut 1880. 1t is so often just the
reverse. While the fire team was max
ing the run they struck the interurban
tracks and in attempting 10 pull out
Of the tracks the wagon came near be :
ling overturned and firemen with wise
heads. left the wagon in a hurry.
Fairfield.
S. NJ. Mc1nnis of Rock Island, ILL.,. ran
his automobile into Cedar creek at the
bridge west Of this city on the Ottum-
wa road. 1t Is about twenty-five feet
from the structure to the water below
and the car jumped full sixty feet
from the bridge to the creek bed. The
approach to this bridge is around a
sharp curve and up stiff grade. Mr.
McInnis was not familiar with 1t, ana
as he was driving at cOnsidera Die
speed, plunged off 20 the right hand
side. There were seven persons in the
car. the driver, his wife. a sister and
four children, ranging from months
to 10 wears in age. AS the machine ran
off the embankment it struck tree
stump and was turned half way round
while all occupants were hurled into
three or four feet of water, Mr.. NC
Innis alone remaining in his seat. AL
were completely wet. but only MRS
McInnis was injured She suffered
fracture of the left arm between elbow
and shoulder The car was someW nal
damaged, but was repaired within a
day or two and run back to Rock Is
land. Messrs. Albert Whitmore and
James German found the McInnis
party in the creek. pulled their car out
with a team. and Mr.. Whitmore took
its members to his home until they
could be removed to Batavia.
Knoxville.
Mrs. NJ. Casey. Of West Knoxville
was lost and found during Friday and
Saturday of last week. and during the
! time Of her absence the relatives We're
about as badly excited as II she had
totally and forever disappeared from
the earthly scene. Mrs. Casey had been
! at Rochester. Mimi. undergoing sur
! gical operation. She had recovered
sufficiently to travel and the MayC
| hospital authorities had so informed
her sons. James William and Thomas
Jones' The latter. residing near Tracy
went to Rochester Thursday night tc
accompany his mother back to Knox.
VILE, arriving at the hospital town Fri
day morning, only to ascertain that the
patient had departed for her home al
$3.50 the previous evening. Mr.. Jones
immediately sent kilograms and tele-
phone messages to Des Moines ant
Konxville relatives but could get NJ
trace of his mother. He returned t.
Knoxville Saturday morning and i'm
mediate1y went to his mothers home
only to find the doors locked and the
| blinds drawn Surmising that she
might be in the house. and in an un-
| conscious condition, Mr.. Jones forced
the door locks but failed TO find the
object Of his search. kilograms Were
then sen. to the Des Moines paper.
announcing the woman's disappear.
ance and Mr. Jones left for the CAPT.
! tai at IL and during the afternoon sue
ceeded in locating his mother al the
home Of relative. Mrs. Clara Carroll
In the outskirts OF that city.