Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1911 — Little Boy Had Foot Crushed In Hay Press Last Saturday. [ARTICLE]

Little Boy Had Foot Crushed In Hay Press Last Saturday.

Leonard, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swartzell, had his right foot quite badly crushed in his father's hay press last Saturday morning. He was standing on the press and driving the horses and slipped in some manner, the right foot entering the part of the press where the hay is baled. It was badly mashed, the fiooh and skin being broken at the bottom. Dr. English was called and gave it immediate attention, but the foot had already swollen so badly that it was impossible to ascertain beyond a doubt that no bones were broken but it is believed that they were not He passed a very good night Sunday night but will probably be laid up for some time.