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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
August
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ono oí the nios hortfending accidenta that has happened in or about the coal works for yearg wafl that. which proved fatal to a muta boy, abont foorteen yearg of age, nained liivnuun, near Curbondale, on Mondfiyof last wflek. IIo ras engaged in puahing cuarse cot.'l into the teeth of the broaker, and by sumo laiastep ono foot wint with the cual a.'"l rag oaught by the teeth and yiddunly drawo iiikI crnsbed with the coal until his body fillud tho mouth or opening eibove the revolving iron breaker, and thus stopped the revolations of tlio maohinery. His cries brought many to h e relief in a few momento, butthere was no w.v to got tuin out but to Bend to the machine shop for men and tools to takn tlie maohinery apart and allow the eoal and the teeth to fall away bom the mngled leg. The poorboy suffered tlic tu-ïiniits of death for ncarly two hour tore he wasrolieved, and Ihen it wi certained that most of 'is foot had been I t-utircly torn away. Ho ouly survivod ttbout half an hnur aftcr lio was taken out and oarried home. Tiio inost romarkable thiiiii oonnncted Vvith tho sad affeir wus tb. i'not that Uio boy, althoujrh n mate, aud speochloss for lifè, uctually begged j{ thoso aboat hira to güt Uim out ([uick, and prayed tu God to spare lus lito is ttuoiitly iiiid distinclly ns could uny boy. Will lomo sciontiflo p;ríy explaiu the oause which ave the power of speech

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus