Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-05
Northern Io1ua Items

I Thompson is seriously, but not danger
ously. burned. It will take a number
of weeks for his burns to heal, as the
skin was completely peeled from his
arms, face and Shoulders. The flesh
| was not burned. Mr.. Thompson's life
was saved from the fact that his clothes
| did not catch fire. 1t is mystery to
! Mr.. Prescott, the owner of the garage,
how the gasolene leaked into the well
In which the meter is placed. The gaso-
lcne tank is located adjoining but it
had given no evidence that gasolene
i was escaping from it.
Waterloo. sera..e
For an hour and half Wednesday
afternoon Peter Beck, a musician, liv-
ing at 12s Sunnyside avenue lowered
T, between life and death, while physi-
! clans worked over him as he lay un-
conscious In the rear of the J. =. Cos
willer cigar store. 800 East Fourth
street. Beck had taken an overdose OK
some opiate the nature Of which is not
known. The excessive heat had af-
fected him and his condition was
alarming for some time. With the aid
of friends who secured medical at
| tention he was restored and sent to his
home. At first 1t was thought he had
attempted suicide, but those who were
near him when he became delirious
deny this statement.
Winthrop.
At $3.50 Tuesday afternoon fire broke
out in the John Reidy elevator. which
/ for time threatened its complete de-
struction and that Of the Eclipse Lum
Der Companys lumber yards and ILL.,
nois Central stock yards which adjoin.
! The fire started scc.: dripping Of gaso-
lene and oil and waste around the en>
| gine. spreading to the gasolene tank,
which exploded, setting fire rapidly to
| the elevator shaft. The volunteer fire
! department responded quickly, but
| owing to poor water pressure, the re-
suit of one Of the towns supply tanks
being out Of commission, the fire
i gained Roadway. But for the work
Of Ned Collins. one Of the firemen,
' who crawled out on top of the elevator
shaft. while 1t was burning fiercely
and turned the water into the cupola,
1t would have been but a few minutes
until the fire would have been beyond
control. The work Of all the fremen
was heroic, as many were in constant
danger by the roof falling in. but by
consistent work they soon had the fire
under control.
Remssn.
The Western Union Telegrap Com
pany has ordered q special agent into
the Remsen territory with instruction
to pay strict attention to certain young
boys who were reported to be in the
habit of breaking glasses on the tops
of telegraph poles. It was reported
that within three weeks over 300
glasses were broken between Remsen
and two and onehalf miles east Of
the station. and altho the company has
| suffered losses in this way continually.
the late and determined action was not
taken until the recent report was
made. The breaking Of glasses on
poles Is usually done by boys with
stones and rifles and causes consider
! able trouble to the company and the
operators who find It difficult to give
the best Of service. Several times 1t
WAS found that gun shots severed
wires, and the tapping Of a telegraph
wire 10 a penitentiary offense. The
special agent IN now In this vicinity
and the person caught at molesting
l.ay Western Union property =,!.i h..
prosecuted. -,