Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1910 — FALLS ON HEAD. BUT LIVES [ARTICLE]

FALLS ON HEAD. BUT LIVES

Lineman Survives Tumble From Tree to Brick Pavement. 4 - _ ' . Greensburg. Indi 12.—-Lester T. Baker -'of •' mchira - : foreman of a force of men st ringin 'rec peer wires here for the Central Union Telephone company, fell from a tree, and, though he struck an hi i ■ Ml on a brick pavement, his most serious injury was a dislocated wrist He was engaged in /rimming the tree preparatory to stretching the wire when the branch gave beneath his weight. Persons who. witnessed the accident *call it remarkable that Baker escaped fractu: ing his skull.