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May 13, 1897
Ellsworth American
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
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Mark Pendleton of Bar Harbor died from blood poisoning after a chisel fragment injured his eye while opening a paint keg, leading to eye removal surgery in Bangor. He seemed to recover but succumbed Sunday afternoon at age 45, leaving a wife and daughter.
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Seeming Slight Accident Proves Fatal.
Mark Pendleton, of Bar Harbor, died Sunday under peculiar circumstances.
About two weeks ago Mr. Pendleton was opening a keg of paint, when a small piece of the chisel he was using broke off and flew into his eye. At the advice of physicians he went to the hospital at Bangor to have the eye treated. It was feared that the eyesight would be destroyed, but there was no thought of more serious result.
At the hospital it was found necessary to remove the eye, and the operation was successfully performed. Mr. Pendleton rallied after the operation, and last week he returned to Bar Harbor, apparently on the rapid road to recovery. Soon after reaching Bar Harbor alarming symptoms of blood poisoning became apparent, and rapidly developed, terminating fatally Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Pendleton was forty-five years of age. He was a sign-painter by trade, and was in the employ of Lawford & Wakefield. He formerly lived in Winter Harbor, and to that place his remains were taken Tuesday. He leaves a wife and one daughter.
Mark Pendleton, of Bar Harbor, died Sunday under peculiar circumstances.
About two weeks ago Mr. Pendleton was opening a keg of paint, when a small piece of the chisel he was using broke off and flew into his eye. At the advice of physicians he went to the hospital at Bangor to have the eye treated. It was feared that the eyesight would be destroyed, but there was no thought of more serious result.
At the hospital it was found necessary to remove the eye, and the operation was successfully performed. Mr. Pendleton rallied after the operation, and last week he returned to Bar Harbor, apparently on the rapid road to recovery. Soon after reaching Bar Harbor alarming symptoms of blood poisoning became apparent, and rapidly developed, terminating fatally Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Pendleton was forty-five years of age. He was a sign-painter by trade, and was in the employ of Lawford & Wakefield. He formerly lived in Winter Harbor, and to that place his remains were taken Tuesday. He leaves a wife and one daughter.
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Eye Injury
Blood Poisoning
Fatal Accident
Sign Painter
Bar Harbor
What entities or persons were involved?
Mark Pendleton
Where did it happen?
Bar Harbor
Story Details
Key Persons
Mark Pendleton
Location
Bar Harbor
Event Date
Sunday Afternoon
Story Details
Mark Pendleton injured his eye with a chisel fragment while opening a paint keg, leading to eye removal at Bangor hospital; he seemed to recover but died from blood poisoning soon after returning home.