Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-24
Southern Io,ua Items

I the flames that followed endangered
other offices in the building. Mr.. Ford
entered the vault to trace the source
Of gas leakage, and believing that but
little gas had escaped. lighted a
match. The explosion followed. and
Mr.. Ford was thrown against the door,
from which he caromed to the floor
amid a shower OF broken glass. Be-
yond q few slight cuts he was unin-
jured.
ksosauqua.
An accident that was almost fatali-
ty occurred here the other day when
Stanley w. Manning went into his
garage to make ready his automobile
to take drive. Mr.. Manning cranked
the machine and then, thinking there
| was something wrong with it, began
to look it over. He was found some
/ time later by one Of his hired men,
Carl Winters. lying under the machine
| in an unconscious condition. He was
carried to his home and physician
summoned. 1t was thought at first he
had been run over by the machine but
finding no marks to substantiate this
theory the doctor believed he had been
! asphyxtated by the gas from the gaso-
lene and began applying aid for this
cause. Some time after, when Mr..
Manning regained consciousness he
| told Of getting his machine ready and
Of feeling dizzy, with no thought of
the cause He is still confined to his
+! bed but recovering rapidly.
Yorktown.
| An insane man, a typical vagabond.
arrived in Yorktown Saturday evening.
He was at the livery barn about 4:3O
p. M, and about supper time went to
! the private barn of Frank Barker and
asked Mr.. Barker to lock him up
( Frank took him to the mayor. c. w.
| Mitchell, who looked after him. His
! feet were frozen. He was about "a
years Of age and was very taciturn.
/ The sleeve of his shirt bore the num-
Der, six, which looked as though II
might have been a pencil mark. The
marshal, Rudy Heninger and the liv-
eryman, Lewis Herzberg, took the un-
fortunate man to Clarinda to the court
house, where he was held several hours
! for Identification. He was consigned
to the Clarinda hospital although not
! having escaped from there. The mar
says he was born at Marne, near At
! lantic. He says his name is Benedict
although a small paint book he car
ried bore the name of Harry II. Nc
Nett. He was much interested in his
paint book, which had marked pass
! ages, giving instruction to painters
! He had no money and says he was
! robbed at Shenandoah.
Davenport.
/, Oscar Holbert nearly lost his life by
asphyxiation and a fire damage of over
1000 was sustained In the burning OF
/ the barn in the rear OF 5i2 West Third
/ street about $3.50 o'clock Monday night
Holbert, who is said to have made a
practice Of sleeping in the barn, re-
turned to the barn about 3 o'clock
He, with lighted lantern In his hand
was attempting to kill cornered rat
when he stumbled. the lantern break
ing when it struck the floor. The
flaming kerosene was splattered over
the wooden stalls which caught fire
Immediately. Holbert attempted to
:, fight the blaze but It got beyond his
control and half suffocated with the
smoke he tried to crawl thru a window.
! He collapsed upon the sill and when
/ firemen arrived in response to the call
| Holbert was unconscious. He was
taken to the Central fire station across
the street, and was revived by DIR. =.
| O. Ticke. He was later removed to
Mercy hospital, but IL almost entirely
recovered. The money loss caused by
the fre win total over $1,000. Two
mules and pony, owned by w. ].
vale were burned to death. They were
partially covered by insurance.