The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-08
Artificial Legs Saved Him
From Serious
Injury.
EVEA1FUL
Landes Taken to Marion
City Hospital Against His
Wishes.
Accident Occurs on West Center 81.
Between Garden Street and Blaine
Avenue--AutO, Driven by Startling
Lower Passes over Landes' Legs.

you can't XIII me, j. Luther
I4andes a patternmaker employed az
the Fairbanks Steam Shovel company,
remarked while being assisted to his
feet after he had been knocked to the
pavement by an auto driven by
Startling Lower. son of DR.. H. J. Low
er, Of Blaine avenue, and the wheels
OF the heavy machine had passed
over both legs, Thursday evening.
The remarkable feature of the ac-
cident was the fact that Iandes es-
capped with a few scratches, skinned
elbow and a scratched forehead. His
legs were uninjured-they are arti-
iicial from the knees down and the
braces above the knees bore the weight'
OF the auto. b
Against his wishes, 1andes was
placed in the auto. which was stoppef
ly the driver as soon as the accident
occurred, ana hurried to the Marion
City hospital, where he spent tire
night, aiter the artificial dmbs had
been removed. They were replaced
; this afternoon and Landes was re-
leased from the hospital.
10 Il former accident, Landes maN
attribute his marvellous escape. THE
legs We're all that saved me-" he stat4
ed this morning.
Both bicycle and auto we're headed
west ON West Center street between
Garden street ana Blaine avenue when
Landes was hit According to Lower,
he turned out but the rlder OF the
wheel turned i'm the same direction
and was hit. The machine was run
ming at low rate of speed.
Hard Luck
But the accident last night isn't the
first time Landes has been bumped on
the rocks OF adversely. In telling of
long serues of accidents and mis-
haps, Lan~es- began by saying, Il
guess I'll have to write u history oil
lnyself ana cali 1t hard luck"
About l6 years ago Landes was hit
! by am Erie train at Caledonia. l'rom
this accident he suffered five broken
bones. His right ankle, right leg be-
tween the ankle and the knee, a bone
I'm his left foot ana Il bone in his right
| hand We're broken.
| While hunting squirrels eight years
ago last August Landes accidentally
shot himself with IA shot gun. The
charge carried away "a pare of his left
leg above the knee. ,t'
AS a result OF tubcrcular trouble
cdusoA by failing through a bridge
his left leg was amputated just below
the knee live years ago last December
TWO years later in November, the
right leg below the knee became in
fected with the same disease and ann
putdtion was necessary.
AT Champagne. H., a Few years ago.
This exponent Of hard luck figured in
a street car accident. A bolt from the
car was imbedded in his right leg,
making an operation necessary.
A Broken Arm.
90 yes, l came near forgetting. DO
you see that crooked arm?" Ianles
said, exhibiting his right one, IL fell
down stairs when / was a kid and
broke II. It's hard for me to remem-
Ter all the accidents"
rs there anything else you think
OF, Mr.. Landes?" was asked.
"Well, there are three broken bones
the result of playing baseball" he
answered, showing two crooked fling
ors ON his right hand and a third ono
on his left.
I'm just a patched UP man." Lam
des continued" but I'm happier than
most people. You hear men in the
shop say that they don't feel well and
that they guess they Will not work
today. Why, If l laid Oft every time
] didn't feel well l wouldn't work at
ALL"
Landes figures that he has spent
over two of the thirty-seyen years he
has been on this earth, in bed suffer
ing from some accident and unable
to work.
First Experience in Il Hospital.
'But this Is the first time l was ever
in a hospital. l have always been
taken home after an accident and l
wanted to go home last night but they
took me to the hospital" he said.
Fifteen years ago Landes was mar
ried and at the present time lives
with his wife and little girl at 2i9
oak street With all his disappoint-
ments in life, the unfortunate man
is cheerful and looks on the bright
side OF things no matter how black
the other side may be.
lie is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
F., X Landes OF Caledonia.
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