From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 4:02 AM
To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [KYF] NEWS: John Hurst Accident, 1921, Bell Co.

Submitted by Mary Lou Hudson
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Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY Jan. 31, 1921

John Hurst in Local Hospital Suffering From Broken Back
   John Hurst is at the Brosheer-Brummett Hospital suffering from a broken
back as a result of falling slate in a mine accident at Colmar.  the
accident accrued several days ago and those who were present at the time
attribute his living today to providential causes because it required the
combined efforts of seven men to extricate him from the mass of slate.
   Hurst was given first aid at the mine and immediately rushed here.
Examination showed that his back was broken and while he has a chance to
recover, his condition remains serious this afternoon.

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