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Show Milan Ericksen Victim Of Peculiar Accident Milan Ericksen, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ericksen, is in a serious condition as a result of a peculiar accident ac-cident Saturday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones. The young man was doing chores at the place in his hands when he crawled from the and could get no water from the hydrant hy-drant in the yard for the animals to drink. Thinking it was frozen, unaware of the water being turned off, he built a fire round the hydrant, causing the water standing in the fixture to boil. Hearing Hear-ing the noise, he supposed the water was coming and proceeded to suck on the pipe, whereupon his throat, vocal chords and lungs were filled with and scalded by the boiling water. One lung was terribly burned and he is in a critical condition, his speech also being affected. |