 The Frisco Journal
Friday, September 28, 1928 pg. 1 Whitesboro Ginner Loses Right Arm While feeding a gin stand at Westbrook and Parks gin, at Whitesboro, on Thursday of last week, W.G. Medford, 40, became entangled int he machinery. His arm, caught in a line shaft, was torn off at the elbow as whi body was w hirled around several times. Mr. Medford is a farmer and lives a few miles south of Whitesboro. He was employed at the gin for t he c otton season. After the accident, Mr. Medford was given medical attention before being taken to the sanitarium at Sherman, where amputation of the right arm followed. - - - Van Alstyne Leader  Whitesboro History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |