Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-15

washington.
The ]. T. Matthews home on West
Washington street, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Saturday. The family
was at dinner when neishbors noticed
fire breaking out on the roof. The
loss is covered by insurance.
6ussey.
The home of Charles Johnson, who
lives about four miles north Of town,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday
morning. The house and all the con-
tents were completely destroyed. One
OF the Johnson children went upstairs
and in striking q match started the
fire and the house was soon enveloped
in flames. No insurance was carried
on the house or its contents.
Red Oak.
Mrs. Mary A. Tripp. aged 81 years,
| had narrowing experience Thursday.
| The aged lady fell in her home and
broke her hip and she was compelled
to lie on the floor for hours in the
cold before help arrived. Being un-
able to replenish the fire it soon went
| out A pail of water she was carrying
| when she fen spilled and the water
about her froze.
Knoxville.
Dwight, the 10-year-old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. r. L. Hogate, near Tracy,
| narrowly escaped being seriously in
jured last Saturday, when a horse he
| was riding fell and threw him over its
head. When the child was picked up
| he was taken to a nearby house, but
he did not regain consciousness for
| nearly an hour. He received a num-
Der Of bruises but his only injuries
consisted of a couple of deep cuts in
the face and forehead.
Scion.
| Amos Suchomel one Of the owners
| Of the old Brennan farm near Cedar
Bluffs, suffered serious accident re-
| Gently. A tree he was telling turned
suddenly and caught him under its
| branches. His leg and several ribs
| were broken, and he was rendered I'M
| conscious for some time. Help was OBJ
tanned promptly by his hired man who
was with him and he was extricated
and carried to the house He is now
recovering.
Clarified.
Roy Fox, the young man who was
found unconscious in the road a few
miles southwest of Leon ON Tuesday
evening Of last week and taken to the
hospital at Leon, is improving, though
still unconscious. Dr.. Jacob Geiger
performed an operation Wednesday
night, removing portion Of the skull
Nothing vet definitely is known sc tc
what hurt him, but his pony had its
front legs peeled up somewhat and
auto tracks there indicate that there
had been a collision.
'Bussey.
T. II. Albers, one Of the stock hold
ers in the Equality Coal Company
mine, located at Cricket, east of Bus
sey, had the thumb of his left hand
taken off one day last week. He was
working with a gasolene engine and
got his thumb in the gears, and it was
necessary to amputate it at the first
| joint. In previous accidents Tom had
| lost the index and middle fingers on
| the left hand and also the thumb anC
index finger on the right hand. Last
fail he was crushed by fall Of slate
in the Cricket mine and the muscle
from the elbow to the shoulder Of the
right arm was removed:
Corning.
They are having a smallpox scare a
MEANWHILE and Williamson. The frs
information was when it was an
11ou1red that tilat the two children O
i Mr.. and Mrs. John Rice, Max ant
Ruth, residing about two miles Yves
of NevinviNe, had the disease IN
very light form. The family has beef
auarantined, also the families o
James Fsouchek, Frank Wallace, c. G
Adair and Ted Callan. The schools o
their neighbors have been closed an
public meetings discontinued 1t i
thought there will be no further sprea'
of the disease. It is not known wher
the patients contracted the malady.
Ckcarfield.
The fine country home OF Lawrenc
Mark east Of Pleasanton was destroye
by fire Thursday evening but with tn
ass stance e neishbors ne saved mos
OF the contelts. Wednesday night IN
large barn on the s. A. Derickson farI
near Redding burned to the groun
with the grain, hay. harness, on
horse and calf belonging TO Ia