A Bad Day for Yakima's Working Men
A whirlwind, a runaway horse, and a fall from a hay load lead to a busy day for the local doctor.
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Last Saturday was a bad day for accidents. First, a man named Mars, who is in the employ of John Clematis, was thrown from a horse, resulting in a broken collar bone. Then Johnny, son of A. P. Eachbach, fell from a load of hay and fractured his thigh bone. Finally, Isaac Taylor, Jr., while stacking hay, met with a very peculiar accident in which a bone of his forearm was broken and his body badly bruised. He was on top of a large stack when a whirlwind came along, carried him and about a ton of hay some distance, and deposited them on the ground in a rude and boisterous manner. Dr. R. M. Savage dressed the fractures of all these unfortunates.
“He was on top of a large stack when a whirlwind came along and carried him and about a ton of hay some distance.”
This reflects the physical toll of 19th-century agricultural work, where industrial-level workplace injuries were commonplace and often treated as minor civic news.
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