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Sutton - Andrew


Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, 8-1-1902
H.F. Johnson returned from Leadville, Colorado on Saturday. He was called there by an accident to Andrew Sutton, a brother of Mrs. Eliza Jarvis. Mr. Sutton is employed as Supt of timbering in the D&H Mine. On the day of the accident he was inspecting the work 1100 feet under ground. One of the men had just pointed out a spot that needed support, when the rock fell, burying Mr. Sutton. Although painfully injured, he retained consciousness and directed the men how to get him out. After two hours work he was taken out and removed to the hospital where it was found that his right ankle, left thigh bone and two ribs were broken, his right lung punctured and skull fractured. The physicians wanted to amputate the left leg but Mr. Sutton refused preferring to die a whole man. He rallied finely for a few days, until the injured lung began to fill up at which time the physicians had grave fears and wired the relatives here. When Mr. Johnson left Leadville, however, the patient was doing well all things considered and it thought that he will make a good recovery providing pneumonia does not set in. - transcribed by kbz
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