W.P. Askins, Sparta, Ill., 1902 injury
From St. Charles (Ill.) Chronicle, 10 Oct. 1902:
Injury to Aged Man
W.P. Askins, engineer at the Illinois Southern railway planing mill at Sparta, while working with a drawing knife accidentally cut a gash about four inches long in his left leg just above the knee. Mr. Askins is 82 years of age.
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