Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1886 — Another Fatal Accident. [ARTICLE]

Another Fatal Accident.

A friend in Keener township sends us the particulars of the accident which resulted in the death last Sunday, of Daniel Bardwell, the farmer who had charge of one of the Otis ranches; about two miles east of*Rose Lawn, and about on the border hetwe&n Newton and Jasper counties. On Wednesday , afternoon Mr. BarcD well started from Rose Law.n+'to go jto hisohome. He was in a lumber wagon and let his little seven and a half year old boy take the lines and drive. In going down a big hill one half mile from town, the horses got to one side of the road and going quite fast, Mr. Bardwell arose from his seat and reached tor the lines just as the wagon struck a stump, and threw him out head first, on to his back, in which position the wheels of the wagon ran across his breast and shoulders. His head escaped injury and he retained his consciousness, arid at first refused to let his boy run back to town for help, but finding that he could not use his legs, and Was suffering great pain between his shoulders, he afterwards consented and the little fellow soon -had help. The injured man was taken home and Dr. Robbins, of Keener township, sent for, who found the patient very sore about the shoulders, and his lower limbs: paralyzed, probably from a severe injury in the small of the back, caused by his striking upon a small grub, when he was thrown to the ground. Dr. Robbins pronounced this hurt a very serious one, and Dr. Garish, of Lowell, was sent for and came ou Thursday morning, and gave the friends outside of the family little hope of the man’s recovery. On Sunday morning about nine o’clock Mr. Bardwell breathed his last. The funeral was held at the; church in Rose Lawn and was’ conducted by Revs. L. Shortridge, of Keener and C. R. Ball, after which the remains were buried in Lake Village cemetery. Mr., Bardwell had lived in this state about 12 years, coming from Gardiner, Illinois. He Avas 56 years old, and leaves a widow and six children to mourn their great' loss.