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The Dallas Daily Herald
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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A colored child of the Caruthers family was horribly mutilated by a sow in a pen two miles north of the city on the Central road yesterday morning, suffering a torn left foot, broken breast bone, and several ribs; the mother beat the animal off.
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A terrible occurrence befell a colored child, some two miles north of the city on the Central road, yesterday morning. While several children were playing in a pen, in which was confined a sow with young pigs, one of them caught a pig, when the sow made at them, catching one of the little boys and mutilating him horribly. His left foot was torn fearfully, and his breast bone and several ribs broken in the operation. The cries of the child brought its mother to the rescue, who succeeded in beating the infuriated animal off. The name of the family is Caruthers.
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Two Miles North Of The City On The Central Road
Event Date
Yesterday Morning
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left foot torn fearfully, breast bone and several ribs broken
Event Details
While several children were playing in a pen in which was confined a sow with young pigs, one of them caught a pig, when the sow made at them, catching one of the little boys and mutilating him horribly. The cries of the child brought its mother to the rescue, who succeeded in beating the infuriated animal off.