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Sunday   APRIL 27
Kathleen, Clyde, Richard, & Chief arrived about 11 A.M. - Dinner, photographs taken on porch - gents out pumping out boat - Supper - A very nice day altogether.

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Monday    APRIL 28
At 6.30 [[underlined]] Crash [[/underlined]] - tear, yells - Arthur was up, saw man come through wall of R.W. Smith fueled by truck - he cranked it while in gear.  His groans, horrible.  Arthur dashed for stairs - I said hospital & called them up.  Arthur got barge men then others - Called up fire dept. for ladders & he ran up there - gas pipe broken - called gas co. Finally they chopped & sawed board out under him & got him out. Stretcher waiting. Men working all day, repairing board, wall & gas pipe.  I wrote to Mrs. Dove, & lay down.  Arthur bailed boat, & worked some.  Both pretty shaky.