George Gordon-Lost an Eye-1905

GORDON, WESTBROOK

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 9/29/2019 at 10:41:40

Manchester Democrat, Wednesday, Aug 09, 1905, Manchester, IA, Page: 7

George Gordon who bought the Charles Westbrook farm, northwest of this place, met with a peculiar accident Monday that caused him to lose an eye. He was harvesting, and something went wrong with the canvas on the binder and he got off to fix it and in some way the corner of the cloth flew up and struck him in the eye piercing the ball. He was taken to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday evening and the eye was removed.