Woman Paralyzed While Fishing in Creek (1916)
Bristol, May 22 – Stricken with paralysis while fishing in Beaver Creek, near Pendleton’s crossing, in North Bristol, Mrs. John ALDRED, a widow, nearly 50 years old, fell into the water. Her young daughter, who had been sitting on the bank beside her, began screaming, and attracted the attention of a gang of Norfolk & Western section men. Mrs. ALDRED is a corpulent woman, and her clothing kept her afloat until the section hands could pull her out. Chief of Police S.D. KELLER and Patrolman Worley T. CROSSWHITE were summoned and took the woman to her home.
Source: Kingsport Times (Kingsport, TN) – May 25, 1916