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atown-coi vine i or by wed lo.a-.dis-,^ Dtslrcs'siug' Aecidcnl Hev»i|[ngl!ul,uj Death. , . ,*\ l*ir,rc ' *°L | Lt. Johnson, -17tli Jml. m*Iios»o_residence!JU^ h« at 1 tun tin ten, r.nl, and who wan nt home1 u-. | on recruiting so vice, w tide getting on Ujc cni».iui.it iU the Junction to return home, (he .having.nibcrs lien ona visit to tins place to auoml a .soci.ilparty,) had Ins right leg and ankle seveielycrushed l»y being caught between the steps ofthe car and the platfoi m. The accident occitr-1 ml on Saturday morning 13th inst. at aboutnppmt o o'clock, A. M. Din, Cole and lhrhmoiulweie promptly called to see him and did whatthey could to relieve the severe constitutionalshock. 'I he hones ot the leg were terriblycrushed anjl broken and lt;tlu‘ flesh ground into,a pulp—the hones being piotriulal thiough the'S(. j,skin._ lie lost much blood and was greatly' l,,m j prostrated, but rallied Ivy the next forenoon.' ^ i Dr. Waterman ot this place with the picvious-10 1 ly mentioned Surgeons, then saw him and allI ti .• I1:i:iihl be tl man limitedor not.11 p!:iv.,UI ex* 1 urged immediate removal of the mangled limb, 'but he haung been injudiciously persuaded toojile of r nextA.1 udgeu ilh-* «r •try to savo the foot, refused.4i# .On Monday morning, the foot meanwhile being manifestly dead, he consented to an operation, and the limb was removed by the three physicians, assisted by Drs. James and Armstrong. He seemed to ic-covcr lincly, but 50011 after began to sink fromf,UU0 a j the shock and loss of blood, and died atonetit .•il.'jln svso'clock, A. M. 011 the lGih ind.11
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The Howard Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Thu, Feb 18, 1864
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