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Arthur Monroe Bushnell

Jul 1878 – 4 Feb 1910

BirthJul 1878
Death4 Feb 1910
CemeteryColumbus Cemetery
Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added byShirley (Bruhn) Martys on 07 Sep 2008
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19123374

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Thanks to contributor #48786212 The Columbus Telegram, February 4, 1910 DIED BUSHNELL--Fatal Accident at the Bridge. Roe Bushnell the Victim--An Iron Bar Driven Through His Head. A.M. Bushnell, residing on west Twelfth street, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon while working at the Platte river wagon bridge, south of Columbus. A steel pinch bar 1 1/4 inches in diameter was driven entirely through his head. The bar entered his left eye, and the point came through the skull just below his left ear. The accident happened at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and Bushnell survived his injuries until 5:10 o'clock this morning. He retained consciousness for several hours after the accident. He passed away at St. Mary's hospital, where he had been taken immediately after the accident. At no time did the attending surgeon, Dr. C.D. Evans, offer hope for the man's recovery. Even though he had recovered through some miraculous circumstance he had been blind in both eyes, deaf in his right ear, and frighfully disfigured for life. The Telegram has heard two versions of the manner in which the accident occurred. One is to effect that Bushnell was beneath the bridge opening a hole in the ice through which to drive a piling, when a piece of timber fell from the top of the pile driver and truck him in manner to force the bar through his head. According to relatives of the dead man Foreman Hepperly, in charge of the construction work, claims that Bushnell was working on a portion of the bridge which was being torn down, and as the structure gave way he fell through an opening beneath the falling timbers. Foreman Hepperly has not been available for an interview. Workmen at the bridge removed the bar from Bushnell's head, and the man was immediately brought to St. Mary's hospital, where his wounds were dressed and everything possible was done to relieve his pain. During the evening his wife and other relatives were admitted to his beside. Mr. Bushnell was popularly known in Columbus as Roe Bushnell. His full name was Arthur Monroe Bushnell. He was born in Butler county thirty-one years ago, and had resided in this city for seventeen years. He was a married man, his wife being formerly Miss Elvina Smith, who, with two small children, survives him. He was a son of Mrs. Mary L. Bushnlee and a brother of F.E. Bushnell, also resident of this city. The home is in Ouida addition, south of the old Stevenson creamery. Not in years has an accident of such pathetic character happened in this city, and the substantial sympathy of Columbus citizens is certainly due the bereaved family. The funeral of Mr. Bushnell probably will be held next Sunday afternoon. At this writing the arrangements had not been completed.

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