People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1896 — Shot Gun Accident. [ARTICLE]

Shot Gun Accident.

Sunday morning at about 10 o’clock as Dan Foster, a young man 22 years of age, who resides about 2| miles southeast of town, was carrying a shot gun into the yard to discharge an old load, the gun was accidently discharged, the load striking the unfortunate young man just above the left eye, scraping off his eyebrow and leaving his skull bare in a wound 2£ inches wide and 4 inches long. He fell to the floor unconscious and it was first thought that he was dead. Dr. Brockway was called and he the patient in a very serious condition. The wound was dressed with some difficulty and the patient is now doing as well as could be expected. Beside the wound above mentioned his face was badly burned with powder. Had the discharge struck a quarter of an inch nearer the head it would have torn the skull into fragments and would have caused instant death. It will probably be several weeks before the wounded young man will be able to leave his bed and a bad scar will remain as a result of the accident.

BROOKSTON REPORTER.