TRANSCRIBED & RESEARCHED
BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
APRIL 2, 1902
PAINFUL ACCIDENT
WILL BRADFORD SUSTAINS A SEVERE INJURY AT THE FACTORY
EARLY THIS MORNING AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE PLANT OF THE BRADFORD STAVE COMPANY , WHICH RESULTED IN A PAINFUL INJURY TO WELL , THE SON OF MR. BRADFORD , SENIOR MEMBER OF THE FIRM . WHILE OPERATING THE MACHINE AT A RIPPING TABLE HE WAS STRUCK IN THE BOWELS BY A PIECE OF FLYING TIMBER , THE WOOD LACERATING THE FLESH AND MAKING A UGLY WOUND.
THE YOUNG MAN WAS CARRIED HOME AND DR. M.L. MERIWETHER SUMMONED , AND THE BEST MEDICAL ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN HIM THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE ACTUAL EXTENT OF THE INJURY IS NOT KNOWN , BUT IT IS NOT BELIEVED TO BE SERIOUS.
MR. BRADFORD , OR "JERE" , AS HE IS FAMAILIARLY CALLED BY HIS ASSOCIATES , IS A WORTHY, INDUSTRIOU YOUNG MAN , NUMBERING HIS ADMIRERS BY THE SCORE , AND ALL DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE WITH HIM IN HIS PRESENT AFFLICTION , AND HOPE TO SEE HIM UPON THE STREETS AGAIN SOON , ENJOYING HIS QUONDAM GOOD HEALTH.