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IIII OiEI BY AUTO, UD OF 5 01 SLEDHAS H NURROW escape from oekthSLKD- SMA8HED TO PIECES~—-WH V 1^-BOV-OMiV-HEr-• ' CEIVES GASH OXtHEAU. ---Mr.4 ISes-' Lester, the 6*year-old son of and Mral Arthur Thompson,Doty atreet,: had a 'miraculous cape from death this morning when | he sUd directly, in front of an nuto-‘ mobile going north on S. Karwell •St.. and-cRme-out -of - the., mix-up with , only minor Injuries.Ho vp.a Blldlng down tho. Main street hill on a sled when the accident occurred. The sled was cat in \ two and otherwise badjy srnnched.j -and how the lad escaped death Is n * i mystery , to those who saw the accl- \v dent. J \j . The automobile passed over him! hut .ho was evidently hotwoen_tho j wheels, so that these did not_ run over Kim. Eye witnesses however*! thought the wheels passed .directly over the boy, and they turned their heads- away in horror. Tho boy ( was struck In the head, however,by Borne-part of. the machine - andreceived-a-iTeep-gashv—H e^aiisa-was *bruteed-about-tho body and wa* -uti' conscious when ho was picked up. by tho driver of tho automobile and taken to the Sacred Heart Hospital.His injuries were attended to and ho was tlion-taken back home. There were no indications of any internal injuries, nnd Ids complete recovery fs looked for in n tow 'days,Arthur Thompson, father of the injured lad. Is a well known mail carrier. ,
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Eau Claire Leader
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jan 14, 1919
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USA 03 Jan 2019
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