Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1910 — GETS A BAD FALL. [ARTICLE]

GETS A BAD FALL.

Lyman Zea Falls From Ladder and Breaks Left Arm In Two Places. Lyman Zea. who has been working as hostler in the Knapp Tivery barn for several weeks past, fell from a ladder leading up the side of the wall to the hay loft about 5:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, and his left arm was badly broken and shattered at the elbow by the fall. It is not known just how far he was up the ladder when he fell, but it is presumed that he missed catching the round above him as he let loose with the lower hand. He fell over backward to the floor, and it is evident that almost his whole weight of about 225 pounds fell on the left elbow. A doctor was hastily summoned and he was taken to his home. It was necessary to give him chloroform to examine dress the break. The bone was broken in two places and ba,dly. shattered, and it is probable that he w r ill never fully recover the use of the arm, and he will be laid up for some time. Lyman is a poor man who must depend on. his hands to make a living, and the injury is a most unfortunate one to him on this account also.