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Show Leo Broadhead Severely-Injured Severely-Injured In Coal Cave-In Leg Is Badly Crushed and Lacerated-Amputation Lacerated-Amputation Necessary Family Well Known In Gunnison Valley. CENTERFIELD COUPLE MARRIED FEBRUARY 1 The home of Bishop and Mrs. C. A. Peterson at Centerfield was the scene of a pretty wedding Monday of last week, when Miss Lucille Peterson, daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Peterson, was married to Darwin Jensen, son of Mary Jensen, also of Centerfield. The ceremony was performed at the Peterson Pe-terson home at 3 o'clock Monday, and the father of the bride pronounced the words that made the young couple husband and wife. Only immediate members of the family were present at the marriage ceremony. At eight o'clock Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Jensen were given a reception at the Peterson home and some thirty intimate friends and relatives rela-tives were present. The bride and groom received many beautiful presents pres-ents and hearty felicitations for a long and happy married life. Both the bride and groom are natives na-tives of Centerfield. Mr. Jensen has been at Los Angeles for some time, where he had been engaged in the plumbing business. For the present they will make their home at Center-field. this he cut his suspenders and made a tourniquet and fastened the string-himself. string-himself. Soon working companions arrived and the man was hurried to the surface and a message sent to Salina. Dr. Merrill and Eldon. Petty made a record trip to the mine and hurried Broadhead to the hospital. First aid relief had been given at the mine by Henry Wilcox, mine foreman, before the 18-mile trip to Salina was started. At the hospital it was revealed reveal-ed that in addition to the bone being broken, the flesh was badly smashed and that a cut extended down the leg almost to the ankle. Twenty-seven stitches were required to close the cut on the lower part of the leg. The grit and fortitude showed by Mr. Broadhead when the accident hap-i hap-i pened, his long ride to the hospital i and following the operation in the re-moval re-moval of the injured limb, was un-, un-, usual, and his chances for a complete j recovery are strongly in favor of the injured man. Mrs. Broadhead, wife of the injured man, who resides in this city, Mrs. " D. S. Morgan of Provo, mother, Mrs., Geo. Petty, mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Broadhead of Kenilworth, and Arco Morgan of Provo, were summoned to the bedside of the injured in-jured man when the news was flashed flash-ed of the serious condition of Leo' Broadhead. v Leo Broadhead, 34-year-old son of Mrs. D. S. Morgan, and well known in Gunnison, is at the Salina hospital making a gallant recovery from a serious accident which he suffered while working at the Sevier Valley Coal company's mine in Salina canyon can-yon at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon of last week. In a cave-in of several tons of coal, Broadhead was partially buried and his right leg was broken and badly mangled. After receiving first aid at the hospital, it was found that the wounds were extremely bad and amputatoin of the limb just above the knee was necessary. The operation opera-tion for the removal of the limb was performed Saturday evening. The severe se-vere shock, the loss of blood, made the condition of the patient extremely low, and for a time little hopes were held for his recovery, and Sunday and Monday visitors were barred from the room. Tuesday, however, the crisis had apparently passed and Mr. Broadhead, Broad-head, fighting a gallant battle, was much encouraged. Dr. Tyree, noted bone specialist of Salt Lake, was called and performed the operation, being ably assisted by Dr. C. Leo Merrill, head of the Salina hospital. Mr. Broadhead, an employe at the coal mine, was working the coal cut-j ter and was in the act of making ad-; justments on the machine when he noticed no-ticed the coal caving. He made a desperate des-perate attempt to gain a safety point, but was caught in the avalanche of coal. After extricating himself, he discovered that his leg was badly injured in-jured and that as a result of the main arteries being severed, blood was gushing from the wounds. He tried, to stay the blood by placing his fin- i gers on the arteries, and failing in J |
