A Bad Accident

Jamestown Press
Jamestown, [Boone County] Indiana
Friday, 26 April 1901 page 1

Wm. COX, living northeast of Jamestown, IN on the old Union Road, met with a very distressful accident, Friday afternoon by getting his hand so mangled in a corn crusher that it was necessary to amputate the mangled member Sunday forenoon. Drs. T. A. BOUNELL of this place and Guy BOUNELL of Lebanon performed the operation. He started to do some crushing alone and had one young horse hitched to the machine, and in watching the actions of the young horse while feeding the machine he got his hand caught. He could do nothing but stand there fast and wait for assistance to free him. Sam HARLAN, his employee, was at the barn, whom he attracted to his aid, and who had to reverse the horse power and run the machine backwards to release him. Mr. COX was nervy and withstood the accident and amputation with much firmness. He has a wife and four small children.

Transcribed by: Janet Isley Price.