| Show A HAND AMPUTATED A little girls hand mangled in a machine A dor correspondent respondent furnishes the fol lofink account of a casualty that aba t oc cui cuirez red at swan creek bear laan valley on thursday last in me carding will null of alonzo cook little annie cook aged about eight years was in the mill with her mother carding wool another little girl was also present and was talking to annie who had bad just gone around to the back of the picker to pull some wool out of the machine that had got clogged up her attention was taken by the other girl III and she got her hand band in too far the the sharp teeth of the cylinder caught the back ot her left hand putting pulling it in and tearing it terribly she pulled her hand band out and her mother ran to her and carried her down to the house and held her ber arm to keep her blee bleeding dlug to death holding holdin g herfor ber for four hours until assistance came word was sent to brother cook who was at his ranch quite a distance away and dr C A hoover of montpelier was telegraphed for but not getting a corre correct C t in message h be did not net over until the next day when he received another message he drove over in very quick time making about 80 miles in two hours and a quarter he examined the hand band and found that some of the joints of the lingers fingers were pulled out and said aid s that he be would have to amputate the hand he administered ether to the child and amputated the hand band lust just above the wrist which was very successfully done in the evening the parents started out for montpelier where dr hoover will have the child under n der 1 his bis care she is a smart and gr bright i little girl and endured the pain with great fortitude but felt very bad when she found that that her hAid was taken off 0 |
