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K 1,31 O I lt;1 It ItMhVOX III XC K.Acrivlcntni Miiootlnt-^fAi'Ift Fever• • UcnHifM.- Ml run berry Milling Co,• Imifftt ftlnpiaifiitM«-lloffM, jCorrespond* lite of the Galena Gazette ;Henry Jones, aged about seventeen years, son of Mr, Jonas Jones, an old, and highly respected citizen, residing one tulle west of Kl-mo, was aeei den tally shot last Saturday after* noon, 1I appears that Henry was going out hunting, and stopped at one of the neighbors. While standing out of de r.s with the breach of the gnu resting on the snow', nud loth of his hands resting over the muzzle, a little boy* aged about seven years, in playing with the loek, accidently dischurged the piece, and the Contents passed through both of Henry’shands, and in such close proximity to his head as to graze his cheek and pass' through the in ini of hi** hat, taking with it a lock of his hair. Dr Gee of Georgetown was immediately summoned ami found it necessary to amputate the first finger of the lelt hand. The other hand though badly mutilated, Hie Doctor hopes to save entire. Under Dr. laic’s skill ful treatment the young man Is doing well. It was truly a “hairVhieadth escape.
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Galena Daily Gazette
Galena, Illinois, US
Wed, Jan 31, 1877
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