FALL ON ICE FATAL TO 10 YEAR OLD BOY LAST WEEK

The Post-Telegraph Princeton Mo Wed Jan 27 1937 page 6

Emory Shirley, 10 year of son of Mr. and Mrs. Ermond Shirley, whose home is in the Cat Creek neighborhood, 10 miles northeast of Gilman City, died Sunday at a hospital as a result of a fall on the ice. The lad was injured by slipping and falling heavily on the ice early last week. At the time there was no thought that the accident might prove serious. He received a second fall Sunday when he was thrown from a sled. The second fall aggravated the condition caused by the first, which was received while running and sliding on his shoe soles, his head coming in contact with the ice with such force as to render him nearly unconscious.

When he fell from the sled he returned home, saying to his parents that he "felt sick." A doctor was summoned from Gilman, but the condition of the roads delayed his arrival until late at night. The boy grew worse and it was decided to take him to Trenton, where he passed away that night. -Ridgeway Journal.