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Show MET WITH ACCIDENT J. C. Works Falls From Wagon and is Run Over by Wheel J. C. Works, Delta's drayman, met with a very serious accident last Monday afternoon, having slipped off the front of the dray wagon and the front wheels pass-f pass-f ing over his body, across his bowels from r'yjkrto left. Mr. Works 'was delivering freight at the time of the accident acci-dent and was just east of the, rear of the Delta Merc, store in the street. He was sitting on a box in the front end of the wagon wag-on when one of the front wheels dipped down in a ditch and he slid off back of team, being unable un-able to catch hold of anything, The wagon was loaded with about 1,000 pounds of freight and it was all piled in the front the weight of ' this nearly all passed over his . body. He suffered a good deal of pain from the effects and will, no doubt be laid up -for a week or so, but at last reports was resting easy and it is thot that no bones were broken or internal injuries caused. caus-ed. R. J. Law responded to an emergency call as did also Wesley Wes-ley Lacljyard with autos and Mr. Works waa taken home in Mr. Laws car. |