FILING SPINDLE WAS DRIVEN INTO HER BACK
Miss Edna Clark, a sister of Mrs. Nora V. Sinell, the manager of the hair dressing establishment at 107 East Seventh street, was painfully injured by falling against an iron spindle a few days ago and is now in a critical condition.
The spindle, a shart pointed affair for piercing papers, was attached to Mrs. Sinell's desk at her place of business. Miss Clark was leaning on a shelf of the desk which gave way and caused her to fall against the spindle, which was driven into her back. The spindle entered a short distance below the lower end of the spindle cord to a depth of four inches, when it broke off in the flesh. Considerable difficulty was experienced in extracting the spindle. Miss Clark was rendered unconscious, and remained so for some time. She showed some improvement yesterday, but her condition was still critical. Anti-tentanus serum is being administered to guard against tetanus, popularly known as lockjaw.
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