Healing of Thomas Clixby's Injuries from a Fall
Published October 12, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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Elder Thomas Clixby fell from a tall pile of timber onto a stone causeway while working at the docks. He was so badly injured it was thought he would not live. Robert Williams administered to him, and Clixby recovered speedily enough to attend a Church meeting the following Sunday.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 60, No. 21, 26 May 1898, p. 331):
Brother Thomas Clixby, of the Hull branch, met with a serious accident while at his work at the docks. He fell from a high pile of timber on to a stone causeway, and was so severely injured that it was thought he could not live. Elder Robert Williams was sent for, who administered to him, and he recovered so speedily that he was able to attend the meetings on the following Sunday.
In Their Own Words
“There was in the Hull Branch an honest-hearted old Elder of the Church named Thomas Clixby. He would sometimes testify about his being healed by the power of God through the administration of Brother W. While in the docks he fell from a tall pile of timber to the stone causeway, and was so badly injured that it was thought he could not live. After being administered to he speedily recovered, and attended a meeting of the Saints on the following Sunday. — Millennial Star 60:21”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 26 May 1898 (Vol. 60, No. 21). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1898-05-26_60_21 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 60, No. 21, 26 May 1898, p. 331 https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1898-05-26_60_21
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