Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1909 — WIRE DESTROYS EYESIGHT. [ARTICLE]

WIRE DESTROYS EYESIGHT.

Moses Chupp was the victim Wednesday afternoon of a serious accident that will probably result in the total loss of sight in one eye. He was assisting Frank Ellis on one of Abel Grant’s drays, to collect the old telephone wire that is being replaced since the * recent sleet. They were dumping the wire on the river bank near the William Washburn residence and Chupp’s duty was to throw it back on the edge of the river. One of the strands became dientangled, flying up and striking him in the right eye. He will probably be compelled to go to a hospital and take treatment.