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Bert Nickerbocker person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)id: p_bert-nickerbocker_449535
Probable 70%
Summary:  Young man injured in a roping accident who was taken to a hospital in Ouray, Colorado.
Completeness: 82/100 Grade B
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arrived_in

Ouray, Colorado hospital1891-08-21
cited from Wm… (1891)
if it is a fact they might as well quit the business, as it is certain no money can be made raising scrubs. Wm. Mason robbed Pap Seed of 75c in Central, and got 30 days in the county jail for so doing. — Pinos Altos. From the August …
Ouray hospital1891-08-21
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)
if it is a fact they might as well quit the business, as it is certain no money can be made raising scrubs. Wm. Mason robbed Pap Seed of 75c in Central, and got 30 days in the county jail for so doing. — Pinos Altos. From the August …

departed_for

cited from A young man named Bert Nickerbocker,… (1891)
A young man named Bert Nickerbocker, living near San Juan, was brought to Ouray, Colorado, and taken to the hospital Sunday evening suffering from an accident that will cost him one of his hands. While on horseback and roping a cow the rope got…

lived_at

near San Juan1891-08-21
cited from Wm… (1891)
if it is a fact they might as well quit the business, as it is certain no money can be made raising scrubs. Wm. Mason robbed Pap Seed of 75c in Central, and got 30 days in the county jail for so doing. — Pinos Altos. From the August …
near San Juan
cited from A young man named Bert Nickerbocker,… (1891)
A young man named Bert Nickerbocker, living near San Juan, was brought to Ouray, Colorado, and taken to the hospital Sunday evening suffering from an accident that will cost him one of his hands. While on horseback and roping a cow the rope got…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-08-14 (1891)
if it is a fact they might as well quit the business, as it is certain no money can be made raising scrubs. Wm. Mason robbed Pap Seed of 75c in Central, and got 30 days in the county jail for so doing. — Pinos Altos. From the August …

suffered_from

accident causing loss of one hand
cited from A young man named Bert Nickerbocker,… (1891)
A young man named Bert Nickerbocker, living near San Juan, was brought to Ouray, Colorado, and taken to the hospital Sunday evening suffering from an accident that will cost him one of his hands. While on horseback and roping a cow the rope got…

witnessed

rope wound around wrist during roping
cited from A young man named Bert Nickerbocker,… (1891)
A young man named Bert Nickerbocker, living near San Juan, was brought to Ouray, Colorado, and taken to the hospital Sunday evening suffering from an accident that will cost him one of his hands. While on horseback and roping a cow the rope got…

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A young man named Bert Nickerbocker,…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

Wm…

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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