Crushed by a Train

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Date: 3/1/2019 at 16:01:46

The Osceola Democrat
Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa
April 16, 1908

Crushed by a Train

From the Decatur County Journal: Ed Davis, of Van Wert, a railroad employee, was thrown under a freight train last Saturday near Norwich and as a consequence had one leg badly crushed. He was at once carried aboard the caboose of the train and hurried to the railroad hospital at Clarinda, where the surgeons in charge amputated the injured leg just above the knee. The operation was performed within two and one-half hours of the time of the accident occurred and the unfortunate man recovered from the ordeal in a condition highly satisfactory to the surgeons.

His wife was notified by telegraph of the accident and she departed at once for the bedside of her husband. She telephoned a sister of her husband in Des Moines to come to Van Wert and look after their children while she was away. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have made Van Wert their home for the past three years during which time Mr. Davis has been in the employ of the Keokuk & Western portion of the Burlington system.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2015