1898 Accident Near Cherry Ridge, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 12/2006



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1898 Accident Near Cherry Ridge

From the Farmerville "Gazette"; issue of Wednesday, 16 March 1898, page 3
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Mr. W. T. Nelson, of Cherry Ridge settlement, informed us last Wednesday of quite 
a serious accident that happened in his section recently. Messrs. W. L. Johnson 
and Willie Jones were sawing down a pine tree, and in the fall the tree flew back, 
striking Mr. Johnson's leg, serious lacerating it and fracturing the bone. Mr. Jones 
was struck back of the head by limbs and had his wrist terribly mangled. The blow 
knocked him senseless, and  it was feared  for a while that he would not recover. 
Mr. Nelson says both men are doing as well as could be expected.


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