Friday, May 23, 2008

Fractured Her Spine in a Snowdrift

New York, 1895

Miss Annie Bauman is laid up with a fractured spine that will probably make her a cripple for life. On Saturday, in a spirit of fun, she attempted to make an impression of herself in the snow by throwing herself backward in a drift. She fell heavily, striking her back across a log that was hidden in the drift.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 15, 1895, p. 12.

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