A Perilous Night Walk in the Dark
A local man suffers a harrowing fall off a bluff before daybreak, sparking a trip to town for urgent medical care.
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Joseph Ross, who lives a few miles south of town, met with a slight accident last Friday morning while going from his home to his brother's place. It was early in the morning before daybreak and Mr. Ross, not being very familiar with the country, stepped over a bluff in the darkness, falling some fifteen feet. He was badly cut and bruised about the head and limbs. He came to town for medical attention, where it was necessary to take a few stitches in the cuts on his head.
“Mr. Ross, not being very familiar with the country, stepped over a bluff in the darkness, falling some fifteen feet.”
This story highlights the physical isolation and dangers of traversing rural Washington landscape in the early 20th century, before modern lighting and standardized road infrastructure made travel safer.
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