The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-25
Mrs. Mary Dammerman is
Badly Injured by Fall
Down Stone Steps.
CHILD WALKING IN
SLEEP BREAKS BONE
Man, Kicked by Horse, is Injur-
ed as He Attempts to
Free Self.

the steps at the rear OF her home on
North Ellis street, at about Z o'clock
last evening and was seriously in
jured.
She was in the act of walking down
into the yard from the porch when she
slipped and fell, the back of her head
striking one of the steps. She was
dazed by the fall, and was unable to
rise.
Mrs. Woodson, a near neighbor,
heard groans and responded quickly.
A sister of Mrs. Zimmerman was in
the basement when the accident &C.
CURED but was attracted by the sounds
and hurried to the assistance of her
sister. She and Mrs Woodson arrived
at the same time, and together sue
ceedeG in getting the injured woman
back into the house.
Her head was badly cut and the in
jury was bleeding profusely. A sur
geon was summoned and twenty
stitches were required to close the
wound.
In addition to the scalp injury, Mrs.
Zimmerman received numerous body
bruises and one of her wrists was Sc
verely sprained. Her shoulder was al
so badly wrenched but a careful ex-
animation removed the fear that it
had been dislocated.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Vinson of South Loromier street,
while in a state of somnambulism
Sunday night, arose in her bed and
stepped to the floor, which caused her
to fall in such manner as to break her
collarbone.
Her parents heard her cries, and
when they went to her relief were I'M
able to detect any injuries. After she
had become Gained, she would point
to her collar as though she was in
pain, and next morning when she con-
tinued to complain the family physi-
clan was called and his examination
revealed the fact that the bone was
broken.
Jefferson Heath, the Haarig con-
fectioner, collapsed suddenly in front
of his place of business yesterday aft
ernoon, and for several hours was IN
conscious. He was conveyed to his
home and a physician summoned.
The doctor diagnosed the trouble rs
vertigo, produced by an extremely
high blood pressure. He was resting
quietly at a late hour last evening,
and his condition is not regarded as
critical.
Alonzo Kinder, one of the mechanics
employed in the erection of the big
dredging machine a few miles south
of this city, while assisting in moving
the supplies back from the rising wa
tiers yesterday afternoon, was severely
injured by one of the horses that was
hitched to the wagon.
The water was rising rapidly, AMI
the men were hauling the material OFT
in large loads. The team mired in a
Doggy place, and one of the horses
grew balky and would plunge and
rear without making any effort to puE.
When Mr.. Kinder attempted to climb
down from the drivers seat, he was
kicked by the horse and in losing mis-
balance his foot was caught in the
double-tree and his knee was twisted
severely.
At first it was feared that the limb
had been broken in the joint, but when
an examination was made the physi-
clan discovered that the bones Were
not broken but that the joint was bad
ly wrenched. He stated that Mr.. Kin
der would be disabled for a long time,
and that his injury was almost as Sc
rious as if the limb had been broken.
When Guy Beck, an electrician on
the drainage work drove into the city
with his assistant last evening, his
horse became frightened at a street
car and plunged over the steep en-
bankment on the east side of the
Houck crossing on Good Hope street.
Mr.. Beck's companion was thrown
from the buggy and fell unconscious
in the street. When the horse plunged
down the bluff, the buggy upset and
threw Mr.. Beck to the ground.
He held to the lines and was drag
ged over the rocks and rough places.
The animal finally turned completely
around and ran up the embankment,
dragging Mr.. Beck who still held TO
the lines. Officer Arthur Whitener
in time to check the animal
before it had gotten back into the level
road. The horse was in a frenzy Of
excitement and fright and when Mr..