FRACTURED HIS OWN SKULL - Harry Pence 1893

PENCE

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/31/2017 at 16:24:58

The Dubuque Herald, Sept. 20, 1893
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FRACTURED HIS OWN SKULL
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Serious Accident to a Lineman
Wielding an Axe
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ON TOP OF A POLE AT THE TIME
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Managed to Reach the Ground and
Then Fell Senseless
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Harry Pence, a lineman in the employ of the Star Electric Company, had a narrow escape from death yesterday. As it was he received injuries which render his condition extremely critical.

While at work on the cross arms of a pole on Windsor Avenue he had occasion to use a broad axe. In making a stroke the axe hit a wire, and glancing off struck him on the head. He managed to climb down the pole, but when he reached the ground he fell insensible. He was taken to a doctor’s office where it was found that he had sustained a fracture of the skull above the left ear. The surgeon found it necessary to remove a small piece of the skull. The result of the injuries is doubtful. He is married and with his wife boards ion Iowa Street above Fourth.