DEADLY HAY TRACK LAYS TWO PROMINENT FARMERS BY HEELS

Cloyd Kurtz Badly Used Up in Fall—Hague Man Has Shattered Shoulder Blade

Hazelton, N.D., July 20—The deadly hay track was responsible for two serious accidents, occuring within a few miles and within a few hours of one another at Hazelton and Hague. At Hazelton, Cloyd Kurtz, one of the most promising young farmers in Emmons county, while repairing a hay track was precipitated to the floor of his barn, 27 feet below, when some poorly secured planks gave way. An ankle and two ribs were broken and his shoulder was dislocated. It is feared that internal injuries may develop.

At Hague, S.J. Sweitzer had been pulled up to the track on which his hay carrier runs, when the wheels of the trolley slipped and Sweitzer fell 37 feet {illegible} unconscious when picked up and remained so until after he had reached Ashley, where a surgical examination showed his left shoulder blade to be fractured in a number of places.

Bismarck Tribune, 7-20-1917