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    1. JOHN RUSHTON HURT IN ACCIDENT
    2. Diana S Flynn
    3. BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, OCT. 5, 1900 EMERY WHEEL BURST Probably Fatal Accident At the Bent Wood Works. While John RUSHTON, Master Mechanic at the Bent Wood Works, was grinding a V-shaped iron casting on an emery wheel at the factory, at 8:30 Tuesday forenoon, the top of the wheel turning toward him, the casting bound on the wheel and cut into it, causing the wheel to burst. The fragments flew around with terrible force, and RUSHTON was struck by several of them. His collar-bone and first, second and third ribs on the left side were broken, and one rib was forced into the lung. There is also a wound on the neck and one on the cheek. RUSHTON was taken to his room at the Indiana House, where he was attended by Dr. FREELAND, who considers his recovery very doubtful. RUSHTON is 34 years of age, and came from Indianapolis, where he had been employed by the GILLETTES for 20 years.

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