Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-08-18
FELL THIRTY FEET
Henry OIesnan Sinking-C s. E
improvements,

The following interesting items appear
ed in the Albany Herald of Wednesday:
Tony Armstrong, member of the
force of bridge carpenters employed by
the Corvallis & Eastern railroad west of
this city, met with a serious accident
yesterday forenoon, the result of which
W IL keep him laid up for some months at
the least, and may result in his pelma-
| nent disability. He with his companions
was at work on bride this side of Gran
ger across slough, when in some way
he stepped off the bridge and fell to the
ground some 80 feet below, where be
struck on the rocks below. Fortunately
for the man he shot straight down and
struck standing. His ankles gave way
and he found them severely bruised and
lacerated, but the rest of his body was in
excellent condition, with the exception
of soreness through the body.
AS quickly as possible the bridge crew
placed the man on the handcal and
brought hin, to this city, where he was
taken to hiL home on West Fifth street,
where he is now being cared for. DR.. M.
II. Ellis was called in to attend the in
ljured man, the regular railroad physician
| d. w. r. Davis, being out of the city !.
| DR.. Ellis made an examination of the in
jnries, finding that the mans ankles and
\ ieet ere in extremely bad condition, and
| 20 badly swollen as to make it impossible
Intil the swellins was reduced to ascer-
tain whether or not any bones were brok-
en-. The man was made as comfortable
as possible aud today further exami-
nation will be had, when the extent of
the injuries will be known definitely l.
is thoueht that fully three months will
elapse before the injured man will be
able to walk, even if no homes are bro
ken.
Mr.. Armstrong; companions. who
brought the man to this city, were at a
loss to say as to what caused the accident
all they knew being that the man step
ped off the bridge and fell to the ground
80 feet down to the slough.
Henry Oleman, of Summit, who was
recently desperatly wounded while driv-
ing a mower on his fathers farm, and
who was taken to The salem hospital for
treatment srifprad blood poison since go
ing to Saienl s,t.i is in precarious con-
ditiol with small hopes for his recovery.
oung Oleman, 1t will be remembered,
carried shot gun or the mower. and
when the horses took fright and started
down the field at n fast pace the gun iell
from his hands. was discharged and the
load entered his left arm and breast. He
was treated bg Dr. Cathey and when he
had recovered sufficiently so he could be
moved, was taken to the hospital in Sa-
lem.
It seems that the young man did not
doso well after reaching the hospita]
and blood poisoning set in, SO that it is
feared he cannot long survive. Henry
Qleman is the son of Fl. A. Oleman, q
prominent farmer of the Summit neigh
borhood, and the parents of the young
man who were notified of his condition,
passed through here day or two ago
hurrying to the wounded boys bedside.
/ A telephone message from the hospital
at o'clock this morning brought the
news that the injured man is slowly but
surely sinking and it is feared he will not
survive more than few days at the best