August 15, 1913 – Eva Gagnon, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Gagnon, broke her left leg just below the hip while picking pin cherries in the vicinity of Duluth’s Oneota Cemetery shortly after noon today, making her the fifth member of the family to sustain similar accidents within the past ten years. It took the combined strength of her two older sisters, Lydia and Ethel, to carry the little girl home, getting there shortly after 4 p.m.
Eva had climbed a tree and gathered all of the cherries from it. On making her descent from the tree, she lost her hold when only two feet from the ground. She fell on her left side, and the bone in her leg snapped.
Her cries brought her sisters to the spot. Ethel picked up her sister and carried her for two blocks before she called on Lydia for help. It took the two girls more than three hours to bring her home.
Dr. D. E. Seashore was immediately summoned and pronounced the accident as a bad break of the bone. He ordered her immediately removed to St. Mary’s Hospital. Eva is resting well and hopes are held for her complete recovery.
The Gagnon family has probably had more than their fair share of accidents; this is the eighth accident of a similar nature that has occurred to five members of the family. Mrs. Gagnon is just recovering from her third series of accidents, the last happening two months ago when she broke her forearm in two places by being tripped by the family dog. On two previous occasions she had broken her right arm.
Two years ago, Doris, the baby of the family, fell and broke her arm. The first of the series of accidents in the family occurred nine years ago when Lydia broke her arm. Two years later, Adelord sustained a broken leg.
The Duluth Herald; “West Duluth Family Hold Record for Accidents”; August 16, 1913; p. 4.
I would think today, Social Services would be visiting this family quite often.
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