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Show In Fourth Accident; Still In the Ring Taking on 44,000 volts as the 'result of picking up a "hot wire" in Salt Lake several years ago, falling from a high barn, being kicked and mauled by a vicious horse and winding up with having a wagon wheel hauled over his head, and coming out pert and lively, entitles Chris. A. Peterson Peter-son of Centerfield, to a 'real medal. His endurance, as he states himself, is due to the fact that he is a Dane and can stand anything. The latest test of Mr. Peterson's endurance and which qualifies him for a medal or a pair of "barbed wire suspenders," happened Tuesday morning When he suffered severe head injuries by having a wagon wheel pass over his head and came out with but a few scratches. Chris., as he is familiarly known, was sitting sit-ting on the side of a gravel wcg&n when a boy on a bicycle approached and frightened the team attached to the vehicle. The horses gave a lunge and were off and the result was Mr. Peterson was thrown to the ground and one of the wheels passed over his head. Fortunately the wagon was not loaded and the victim escaped with several ugly bruises and the loss of a patch or two of hair. The impact im-pact of the wheel, however, rendered Mr. Peterson unconscious for a few minutes, but he was finally able, with the assistance of others, to reach his home. Dr. Hagan was summoned and a close examination revealed the fact that there was no fracture. Last night Mr. Peterson was doing splendidly, splen-didly, but he declared that he was through with the "hard luck" stunts and that he was willing to resign. |