An Axe Slip in the Timber
A lumberjack working a mile and a half from the Clark Saddler camp fell onto his axe, suffering a deep scalp wound and a severe hemorrhage. Dr. Boudwin patched him up, and by Wednesday he was back at camp.
Tom Lyons, a lumberjack at the Clark Saddler camp south of town, was brought to Newport Monday afternoon suffering from a severe cut on the back of the head. While working about a mile and a half from camp he in some manner fell over onto the edge of the ax, receiving a deep cut, which caused a severe hemorrhage. Dr. Boudwin fixed him up and he returned to camp Wednesday.
“While working about a mile and a half from camp he in some manner fell over onto the edge of the ax, receiving a deep cut, which caused a severe hemorrhage.”
Logging was one of the deadliest trades in the Inland Northwest, and an injured worker’s chances depended on how quickly he could reach a doctor. The distance-to-care problem is still familiar in rural Washington, even if the tools and safety gear have changed.
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