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J. E. Wolford, of Lone Mountain, one of the most respected citizens of Grant county, met with a serious accident while blasting logs near his ranch Monday last. He was using black powder, which exploded prematurely. Every stitch of clothing except the shoes were blown off his body, and from the waist up the skin on the front side of the body was blown en- tirely off. The skin hung down in long shreds, like the moss on a tree, and when the arms were held up they resembled a bat’s wings. The most serious injury was done to Mr. Wolford’s two hands, the palms of which were badly torn, and all the nails but one were gone from the fingers, as if torn out by pincers. The skin was also stripped from both legs from the middle of the thighs down to the shoe tops. In this condition Mr. Wolford made his way to the ranch of Thomas Holson, from where he was conveyed to his own home. His beard was entirely gone, and his face was as black as a Negro’s, leaving him unrecognizable by intimate friends. Dr. Stephens was sent for, and soon relieved the in- tense suffering of the patient, who is now re- covering slowly. Mr. Wolford has not been able to give an account of how the accident occurred, being only able to say that it was caused through carelessness.

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intimate friends. Dr. Stephens was sent for, and soon relieved the in- tense suffering of the patient, who is now re- covering slowly. Mr. Wolford has not been able to give an account of how the accident occurred, being only able to say that it was caused through carelessness. The most remarkable feature of the accident is that no burns or bruises of a serious nature, aside from those of the hands, was sustained. Of course the general character of the injuries are serious enough but it is thought that the patient will recover, but it will take many weeks to do it.