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IER LEG'IS ALMOSTSEPARATEDFROM BODYh.SiH111wMiss Violet Lockwood ThrownFrom Gratt as It MakesTurnI\stl2sucatFeFe01[SPECIAL TO THE TIMES]CROWN POINT. Ind., Aug-. 4.— Swinging- against the propeller of a , speedboat at Cedar Lake, as she t(iwas attempting to climb aboard last : night, Miss Violet Lockwood, 23, of Chicago was terribly maimed, necessitating * the amputating of oneleg at the hip.Miss Lockwood had been riding in the speedboat with Roy Parks, also of Chicago. As they were making a turn near the Mon on pier on the west side of the lake at 9 o’clock, Miss Lockwood fell overboard.The Chicago girl was a good■ \v i m m e r and easily ' keptafloat until Parks steered the boat around in a circle and brought it alongside her. She seized the side of the boat near the stern but the momentum of the craft caused her body to be dragged under by the water movement. She shifted her hold until she was behind the boat and then tried to clamber aboard.The first attempt failed and she settled back into the water, then screamed with pain an instant later as the whirling propellor blades j -tore into flesh of her thigh.Parks succeeded in dragging her aboard and then took her to land, where Sheriff Joe Kyle took charge of the ease. The girl was removed at once in the Linton ambulance to Mercy hospital, Gary, where an operation was immediately performed, amputating the leg near the hip. Hospital attendants today said iher chances for recovery are good. j*Sheriff Kvle placed Parks under arrest on an open charge and he is being held at the Crown Point iail until the affair has been thor- ! uughly investigated, While the facts j t are said to absolve Parks from blame, Kyle wants to know why the propellor was not stopped while the rescue was in progress. Parks has not satisfactorily explained this feature of the accident.ccr■3£ttIaiVt*t§! 1 1
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Hammond Whiting Evening Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Mon, Aug 04, 1930
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