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Charles City, IA Runaway Accident, Jan 1902

Posted November 13th, 2007 by J M

Badly Injured in Runaway

Charles City, Jan. 10 - Charles Schilling, a farmer, lies at Emergency hospital, the victim of a serious accident. As he started for home yesterday his team became unmanageable and ran away, colliding with a big wagon, and Mr. Schilling was thrown to the ground unconscious. He was taken to the Emergency hospital, where it was found that his skull was fractured and an operation was necessary, which removed clot of blood from the brain, after which he regained consciousness. At present he is doing as well as could be expected.

Davenport Daily Leader, Davenport, IA 10 Jan 1902
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Transcribed by Jim Martin. Thanks J M!

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