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Montpelier Examiner
Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho
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In York, Pa., a windstorm blew down a barn, impaling Mrs. George Sipe and Mrs. Harry Shenk on a piece of timber that pierced Mrs. Shenk's arm and passed through Mrs. Sipe's abdomen. They were transported eight miles to York Hospital in serious condition.
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Two Women
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Timber as Result of Windstorm.
York, Pa.—To be transfixed on a piece of timber when a barn in which they had sought shelter was blown down by a storm and then to be brought eight miles in an automobile pinned together, was the experience this evening of Mrs. George Sipe and Mrs. Harry Shenk. Both women are in a serious condition at the York hospital. A piece of timber blown down during a storm entered Mrs. Shenk's left arm and had passed through the abdominal cavity of Mrs. Sipe, coming out through her back.
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York, Pa.
Event Date
This Evening
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both women in serious condition at york hospital; impaled on timber piercing mrs. shenk's left arm and passing through mrs. sipe's abdominal cavity and out her back.
Event Details
A windstorm blew down a barn where the women sought shelter, causing a piece of timber to impale them; they were transported eight miles pinned together to the hospital.