The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-07-31
SOUTH DAKOTA ACCIDENTS.
Harvest Fields Have Been Scene Of
Many Accidents.

many RCCloents,
Sioux Falls, S D. July 27-Special |
to The News The harvest fields of
South Dakota are claiming TIE usual |
number of victims of accidents, thus |
far one man being dead in the state |
and number OF Cthor persons in
jured more or less seriously.
The dead man was Frank Monroe, |
who during his boyhood resided at
Nebraska City, Neb., and who died at
his home at Sioux Falls as the re-
suit of overworking in hay field on
his farm near the city. He did not
feel well, and fearing that he was
about to be sick, he FASTENED his work
in the hay field with the result that
both typhoid fever and brain fever
developed. He became delirious soon
after being brought to his home and
remained in that condition until the
! final summons came.
Another victim of the harvest
fields was Sank Salmon, McCook
county farmer. Himself and his
| father.n.law had been operating
push binder, running the cutting and
| binding part of the machine with a
gasoline engine. The accident hap.
pened just as they were about to
commence work for the day. When
the engine and binder were placed in
operation it was discovered that the
canvas reel was not connected, and
Salmon attempted TO rem dy this
without stopping the engine. His
sleeve caught in the cogs drawing
his hand into the cOgs and tearing the
muscle from above his elbow to his
hand in frightful manner
distressing accident occurred on
the farm of Mr.. and Mrs Sidney
Rhead on the South Dakota side of
the Big Sioux river, in Lincoln
county Rhead was moving through
the orchard when the siX.year-old
daughter of the household stepped
quickly from behind a tree for the
purpose of soaring papa" She step
ped Immediately in front Of the sickle,
which cut off one of her feet and in
iured the limb 50 badly that it has
since had to be amputated below
knee.
August Mas, residing five miles
from Parkston in Hutchinson county
d, while working with a mower, had the
:, wrench slip in such a manner as to
throw him face downward against the
,, sickle bar. One of the guards pene
,, trated the skull just back of the right
/, ear and cut a cash upward for a dis
y lance of six inches.
A young man named Lige Snyder
working on the farm of c. E. Jones
in Sphinx county, was the victim o.
an accident which will lay him up fol
month or two. He was engaged II
moving hay when a team behind hin
d. started to run. In attempting to ge
off the machine to stop the horses HI
n got tangled up in the sickle. Twt
] fingers on the right hand were en-
i, tirely severed and a third was 81
y badly injured that it probably vii
be useless. His left arm also wa
y badly gashed.
l. The four-year-old son of G. Albright
i Redfield tailor, was the victim o
J. an accident which took place nea
9 that city. Fred Hertzel was engage,
b! in operating a moving machine. TIL
- little boy was in some tall weed
>, =, where Hertzel could not see him an
where he could not see the machine
- He was directly in the pathway o
\. the sickle bar of the machine and wa
d badly cut. The bar struck the DO
,r just above the ankles, severing tn
II front bone in the right leg and badl
e gashing the left leg. If the wei
b. trained horses had not stopped fror
It force of habit when the mower struc
y the human obstruction, the boy woul
q have been cut to pieces.