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CONNERS'IM ELI GASS INJUREDMS ni-ninuni mi rn3. Be*1911,clay*.Accidentally Knocked Downby Young Man, Scuffling.5 f o I -\pril.nary5, V) Octo-l seelittle e arelboveAiil cl bis3S h/•«it oSlaty off the 1ea r agularthe ailed, .quire f thed du-■t hasa Cir f the c that. *ecen t ♦ribed me.n day d’end-Ifiao.kmmon so (];»-)f the whichHEAD STRIKES WALKFeared Skull is Fractured at CaseHied Freely—■!tendered Fmouse ions—One of Best KnownCitizens—May RecoverEli Bass, an aged and much respected resident, was seriously andperhaps fatally injured, at about six-thirty o'clock, last, evening, when William Peters accidentally ra:iagainst him at the corner of Fourthand Central. Mr. Bass fell backward,., striking his head violenth upon the sidewalk. The hard bio1'is thought to have fractured tinskull at the base and it is feared Ikhas suffered internal injuries.Mr. BaJs was rendered unconsciousby the fail and blood spurted fronhis month and ears freely. Sine*then he has been in a comatose staba ever.r* [IV,.minai . ct ices state*, lation :t? or ion o*' yse of legal t fined more.1 udgeble i»iction.*l other rit ofsivelythe greater part of the time. It \va*first thought the aged man was deadHe was removed to his home oiCentral avenue, just a short distancfrom where the accident occurredCnder a physician's (are he revive*but was not able to give any accoun,of llie accident.5 were illiavnent rd*Late this afternoon he was restiin ♦a* well as could be expected and th physician and family entertain mud hope of his recovery. Mr. Bass ha: always been of a rugged constitution Cntil about two years ago he ha never been ill a day in his life. I is said he has never swallowWmedicine of any kind, and that thk is the first Saturday he has misse-' being in liis regular place at th' barber shop in the last fifty years. Xed Parker and William Peterhad been playfully scuffling in th:*former’s barber shop. Young Peter: ran from the room and collided wit! Mr. Bass just as he turned the cor ner. The unfortunate occurrence wa• purely accidental and the family en tertain no hard feeling against tinyoung man.VI•AU:em-u.ioi..li
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Connersville Evening News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Sat, Jan 24, 1914
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