January
3, 1913 – Nerve and grit saved the life of Duncan Finlayson
today.
With his leg mangled and the bones splintered so that they protruded from the flesh, Finlayson, despite his 72 years and the awful pain, extricated himself from a fallen tree and crawled a mile through the wood to his cabin near Arnold in St. Louis County, Minn.
With his leg mangled and the bones splintered so that they protruded from the flesh, Finlayson, despite his 72 years and the awful pain, extricated himself from a fallen tree and crawled a mile through the wood to his cabin near Arnold in St. Louis County, Minn.
Fortunately, a neighbor chanced to pass as he neared
his shack, and Finlayson called out to him. The neighbor helped him to his
home, where the services of a nurse were secured. After the injured man had
been made comfortable as possible, police headquarters was notified. Dr. C. W.
Taylor answered the call with Patrolman William Perry. Dr. Taylor dressed the
wound and set the leg, and had Finlayson removed to St. Mary’s Hospital. He is
resting comfortably and it is stated that he will probably recover despite the
heavy loss of blood.
Finlayson was injured as he was chopping trees for wood in a clump of timber about a mile from the shack where he has been “batching.” A falling tree was shot out of its course as it struck the branches of another and pinned the aged settler to the ground. Regaining consciousness in the face excruciating agony he managed to free himself and get to the road, where he was picked up by his neighbor. Had he not shown an unusual degree of courage, he would have frozen to death before being discovered. He was living alone and might not have been missed for several days.
The Duluth Herald; “Saves Life by Courage.
Aged Settler With Broken Leg Crawls Mile Through the Woods. Was Cutting
Firewood When Falling Tree Crushed His Leg.”; Jan. 4, 1913; p. 2.Finlayson was injured as he was chopping trees for wood in a clump of timber about a mile from the shack where he has been “batching.” A falling tree was shot out of its course as it struck the branches of another and pinned the aged settler to the ground. Regaining consciousness in the face excruciating agony he managed to free himself and get to the road, where he was picked up by his neighbor. Had he not shown an unusual degree of courage, he would have frozen to death before being discovered. He was living alone and might not have been missed for several days.
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