Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, December 7, 1911 HARRY, the ten-year-old son of HARRY BELL, of Leon, was struck by an automobile at Shenandoah last Saturday afternoon and so badly injured that death resulted a few hours later. HARRY, with a number of other children, was out roller skating on the street and he caught hold of the back of a delivery wagon that was passing and was thus skating along the pavement. In some manner his hold was broken and he lost his balance and fell directly in the path of an automobile and the car passed over him. In a moment after the accident he was hurried by those near to the office of a physician. He was conscious and told who he was and where his father, brother, JOHN, and mother could be located. It was found that he had sustained two fractures of the jaw bone and a broken leg. He was placed under the influence of chloroform and an operation performed. The broken jaw bone was set and fastened together with silver wire and the broken leg cared for. The operation occupied something over two hours. The lad never regained consciousness after the operation and his death resulted at 7 o'clock that evening. The funeral was held at Shenandoah Tuesday of this week. Leon relatives and friends were grief stricken upon hearing the sad news. HARRY was a bright lad and loved by all who knew him. The sorrowing family have the sympathy of everyone. ------------------------------------------------ Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 15, 2009 [email protected]