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William Benham has his nose nearly severed and is in danger of losing the sight of his left eye in addition to hav ing severe cuts and scalds, Will Cowdin is suffering from wounds received by the driving of a piece of metal into his left leg and Richard Sales is recover ing from a bad scare and a few slight bruises as a result of the explosion of a heating plant which the men were installing in the Hendrickson green house, Friday the thirteenth. The boiler was an affair bought from a mail order house and had no steam gage. Cowdin and Benham were bend ing over it when it blew up, throwing both backward and scattering glass and metal in all directions. The men were immediately given the best medical attention and are getting along as well as can be expected. Mr. Hendrickson places the loss on the breaking of glass and destruction of an astor bed, at $400.-
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Delphi Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 19, 1911
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Jeanienne B.
