OBIT: Robert E. Warner, 1913, Brushtown, Adams County, PA

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Lad Dies In Hospital

After Months of Suffering from injuries Received in An Accident

After undergoing treatment and several operations in the York hospital since September 21st, 
1912, Robert E. Warner, aged 10 years, died at that institution Monday evening at 7 o’clock.

The lad was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warner, residing on the Strine farm, near Brushtown.

The circumstances which led up to his death are peculiarly distressing.  It will be recalled 
that on August 3d, 1912, the milk wagon of Charles H. Eyster, of near McSherrystown, collided 
with a buggy, of which Mrs. Warner and her young son were occupants, on the road leading from 
the McSherrystown turnpike to the West End grounds.  As a result, Mrs. Warner was thrown from 
the buggy, sustaining a number of bruises, while her son’s left leg, which was on the outside 
of the buggy box, was caught by the front wheel of the Eyster wagon.  The limb was severely 
sprained, though no serious results were anticipated.  The injuries were dressed by Dr. A. C. 
Rice, and the lad limped about the house for several weeks.  The doctor, fearing complications, 
removed the lad to the York Hospital, where, upon examination, it was found that the bone was 
diseased.  A portion of the bone was removed and bone-grafting resorted to.   The wound 
however, never healed, and another operation was performed on Monday, from the shock of which 
the little fellow never recovered, and death ended his sufferings.

He was a most cheerful patient, and became a great favorite with the nurses and hospital 
employees during his long stay at the institution.

The body will be taken to the home of his parents this evening, from where the funeral will be 
held Friday, Feb. 28.  After brief services at the house at 12:30 p.m., the remains will be 
conveyed to Bart’s meetinghouse, in Union township, where further services and interment will 
be made, Rev. S. A. Crabill, pastor of the U. B. church, this place, officiating.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, March 1, 1913