HARRY BELL KILLED

BELL, ADAIR

Posted By: Nancee Seifert (email)
Date: 12/15/2009 at 19:16:40

Decatur County Journal
Leon, Iowa
Thursday, December 7, 1911

HARRY, the ten-year-old son of HARRY BELL, of Leon, was struck by an
automobile at Shenandoah last Saturday afternoon and so badly injured that
death resulted a few hours later.

HARRY, with a number of other children, was out roller skating on the street
and he caught hold of the back of a delivery wagon that was passing and was
thus skating along the pavement. In some manner his hold was broken and he
lost his balance and fell directly in the path of an automobile and the car
passed over him. In a moment after the accident he was hurried by those
near to the office of a physician. He was conscious and told who he was and
where his father, brother, JOHN, and mother could be located. It was found
that he had sustained two fractures of the jaw bone and a broken leg. He
was placed under the influence of chloroform and an operation performed.
The broken jaw bone was set and fastened together with silver wire and the
broken leg cared for. The operation occupied something over two hours. The
lad never regained consciousness after the operation and his death resulted
at 7 o'clock that evening. The funeral was held at Shenandoah Tuesday of
this week. Leon relatives and friends were grief stricken upon hearing the
sad news. HARRY was a bright lad and loved by all who knew him. The
sorrowing family have the sympathy of everyone.
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December 15, 2009
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