Jefferson County KS Archives News.....Accidents: August 9, 1873 August 9, 1973
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Jim Laird jlaird@bellsouth.net October 23, 2009, 9:27 pm

The Oskaloosa Independent, Jefferson County, Saturday, August 9, 1873 August 9, 1973
Accidents.--Mr. John METZGAR, of Osawkee township, had the lower part of one of
his legs, from the knee down crushed in a threshing machine, the first part of
the week.

A.B. BOWERS, living on the Smith farm, near Springdale, in attempting to remove
the grass which had choked his mowing machine, had one of his heels cut off and
the other badly mangled. It will seriously cripple him for life.

We hear that a mower cut a colt's leg off, the other day, just south of town but
have learned no particulars.

Gross carelessness is frequently practiced in the use of these machines which
seems strange with so many accidents to serve as warnings. They cannot be
handled too carefully.

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