| Show A CLOSE CALL A J johnstun injured by A pie of emery stone at the mos y mill VPS J johnstun had a narion esc e from death last tuesday morning the mosby sawmill thirty miles from in vernal ile he was waa knocked senseless s to the ground with an ugly wound in his head just above the forehead foie head for a long time he unconscious and when picked up it was thought th that t anil his skull was fractured Is son quickly saddled a horse her 41 and hastened to vernal for aneal medical assistance making the trip thirty ivirty miles in two hours and a half dr garrett 0 donnell ODonnell left for the scene of the accident at 5 that afternoon rea reaching elling there at about 1030 she found mr johnstun in a serious condition though only a scalp wound about three inches long was the extent of the injury sho she administered an anesthetic and then washed the wound and took several stitches in it she left the sawmill at 6 wednesday morning when her patient was resting as easily as could be expected at that time it was impossible to tell just what complications might develop mr johnstun Johnb tun Is a man about 57 to CO 60 years old but has a sound constitution ution and the chances for a speedy v recovery co are in his faor fanor ar morat ng mr Johnstun was p preparing r I 1 1 I r i I 1 to gum the saw and had just u p put t on a new emery wheel ile he put t it t tit in motion and it was immediately making involutions per minute he stooped town down to see if everything was all right when suddenly the wheel broke and the pieces flew in every direction one piece I 1 struck him in the head knocking him several feet distant what caused the wheel to break is unaccountable unless it was due to a defect the wheel was perfectly new but the chances at aie e that it was sent out without having first been tested it was about one half inch thick and ten inches in diameter |
