Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1914 — Man Severely Injured At Sternberg Dredge. [ARTICLE]

Man Severely Injured At Sternberg Dredge.

Frank Nicewander, of Monticello, the craneman on the Sternberg dredge, was severely injured at about 4 o'clock this Wednesday morning. The spud® on the dredge were being raised and Nicewander was using a erowbar. In some manner it was wrenched from his hands and struck him a terrible blow over the right eye, rendering him unconscious and eutting a bad gash over the eye. It is possible the skull may be cracked. He was still unconscious at noon.