saved my life, for had I struck upon any other part
of my body, it must have killed me instantly, as it was
my bones crushed from under me as though they were
reeds, it broke my left leg twice in two places and
put out both my ankles in a shocking manner
and the Horse came near rolling over me in his
struggles to get up; my uncle, Titus Woodruff, saw
me fall got assistance me and carried me to his house
I lay from 2 O'clock ^pm^ till 10 at night without medical aid
then my Father arrived bringing Dr Swift of Farmington
with him who set my bones boxed up my limbs and carried
me in his carriage 8 miles that night to my fathers;
my sufferings were very great yet I had good attention
and in 8 weeks I was out doors upon my crutches.
In 1827 while attempting to clear the ice out of a
water wheel; standing upon the wheel with one arm
around the shaft; a man hoisted the gate and
let a full head of water upon it, as soon as the
water struck the wheel it ^the wheel^ it started, my feet slipped into the wheel
I immediately plunged head long foremost over the
rim of the wheel into about 3 feet of water and my
weight drew my legs out of the wheel, or I should
have been drawn under a shaft and crushed to
death. In 1831 while having charge of the flouring
mill in Collinsville Ct. I was standing inside of a breast
wheel 20 ft. in diameter, upon one of the arms near the
top, clearing out the ice, when a full head of water
was let on to it, it immediately started; but I droped my
ax and leaped through the wheel to the bottom of it, by
the shaft and arms about 20 feet: as I struck the bottom
of the wheel I was rolled out against a ragged stone
wall with only about 2 feet of water clearance
between it and the wheel, the wheel caught me and
rolled me out into the water below where I found myself
with-out any bones broken, but with some bruses and much fright.

saved my life, for had I struck upon any other part of my body, it must have killed me instantly, as it was my bones crushed from under me as though they were reeds, it broke my left leg in two places and put out both my ankles in a shocking manner and the Horse came near rolling over me in his struggles to get up; my uncle, Titus Woodruff, saw me fall got assistance and carried me to his house I lay from 2 pm till 10 without medical aid then my Father arrived bringing Dr Swift of Farmington with him who set my bones boxed up my limbs and carried me in his carriage 8 miles that night to my fathers; my sufferings were very great I had good attention and in 8 weeks I was out doors upon my crutches. In 1827 while attempting to clear the ice out of a water wheel; standing upon the wheel with one arm around the shaft; a man hoisted the gate and let a full head of water upon it, as soon as the water struck the wheel the wheel it started, my feet slipped into the wheel I immediately plunged head foremost over the rim into about 3 feet of water and my weight drew my legs out of the wheel, or I should have been drawn under a shaft and crushed to death. In 1831 while having charge of the flouring mill in Collinsville Ct. I was standing inside of a breast wheel 20 ft. in diameter, upon one of the arms near the top, clearing out the ice, when a full head of water was let on to it, it immediately started; but I droped my ax and leaped through the wheel to the bottom of it, by the shaft and arms about 20 feet: as I struck the bottom of the wheel I was rolled out against a ragged stone wall with only about 2 feet clearance between it and the wheel, the wheel caught me and rolled me out into the water below where I found myself with-out any bones broken, but with some bruses and much fright.