Besides his professional accomplishments and inventions, the local press took a keen interest in his injuries, clashes with the law, and second marriage. Injuries and mishaps In 1900, Nielsen made the local Swedish-language newspaper with a work-related injury sustained from a fall from a ladder. Nielsen and his daughter Augusta were almost killed in an automobile accident during a pleasure drive in 1904. Nielsen lost control of his vehicle on a steep road on the way to Redwood Canyon. Augusta was thrown from the vehicle but avoided injury; Nielsen landed in bushes and barbed wire, and was hurt but not severely. In November, 1907, Augusta was badly injured in an accident at work. The office where she worked as a stenographer was undergoing construction, and she was struck unconscious when a carpenter dropped a door, smashing her head into her typewriter. Nielsen made front-page news in 1905 when, driving near Sacramento, his automobile was trampled by steers being herded by cattlemen. Although Nielsen was injured and his automobile suffered serious damage, he was able to perform makeshift repairs. He drove to Oakland with a gas lamp as a headlight and a piece of lumber in place of the steering wheel. In January 1909, the Oakland Tribune reported on Nielsen's bout of food poisoning in San Francisco. "Medical assistance was called in on his arrival home and the prompt use of the stomach pump probably saved life." Just days later, while driving an automobile owned by Dr. J.A. Riley, Nielsen reportedly struck a boy named Bert Smith riding a bicycle. The boy was unhurt. On February 8, 1910, just days after announcing his plan to build airships, Nielsen suffered a traumatic blood vessel rupture in his leg. His condition remained poor a month later. In 1913, Nielsen was badly injured by an automobile "kick," possibly in Sacramento. His doctor advised him to keep away from the Bay in order to avoid rheumatism. He headed to San Jose and Paso Robles for a therapeutic mineral and mud bath. Nielsen suffered another automobile-related injury in 1928, while working in his home garage at the age of 69. A jack slipped while he worked beneath the car, crushing his hand. Clashes with the law In 1904, police officer Dennis Welch had Nielsen arrested on charges that Nielsen's dogs barked at night and kept him from sleeping. Later that year, one of Nielsen's dogs was