Ed. Hawkins loses hand, St. Charles, Ill., 1906
St. Charles (Illinois) Chronicle, 28 December 1906
Injured in Husker
Ed.Hawkins a farmer living three miles north of Wasco got his right hand caught in the rollers of a corn husker yesterday afternoon and taken off at the wrist.
Mr. Hawkins has operated the husker for two yeas and this is the first trouble he has had with it. he was taken to Sherman hospital Elgin. He has a wife and two children.