List of Injuries

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Below is a list of injuries at the park.

Date Ride or Attraction Victims Notes
July 1909 Ocean Wave Earl Sands, 14 Suffered a badly crushed leg after his leg became caught beneath the platform. It took three stitches to close a gash in the leg below the knee.[1]
May 1910 Ocean Wave James Higgins, 13
Forest Huston
During the North Side Chamber of Commerce outing in May 1910, the Ocean Wave collapsed from the weight of a hundred children. Higgins suffered from four broken ribs. Huston suffered an amputation of his right thumb.[2]

References

  1. "Boy Injured at Buckeye Outing." Columbus Evening Dispatch. July 19, 1909. Page 2.
  2. "Mechanical Swing." Columbus Evening Dispatch. May 25, 1910. Page 8.