Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Fell Into Hole In The Street September 14, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com May 1, 2008, 10:42 am Morning Oregonian September 14, 1904 Suit for $200 damages was filed in the State Circuit Court yesterday by Lida Dawson against Multnomah County,on account of personal injuries sustained in falling into a hole at the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue and Marguerite avenue.Mrs.Dawson says in her complaint that she was waling along Hawthorne avenue on the night of December 13,1903,and at point near Margeurite avenue ans was precipitated into a deep hole,and her bones of her ankle were broken and she was otherwise injured.The county is sued because Hawthorne avenue at this point is alleged to be a county road,and the county is said to have been negligent in permitting the excavation to remain open. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/newspapers/fellinto91nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/orfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb