A little boy named George Killian, aged six years, lost his life on Thursday last under most painful circumstances. In company with a younger brother he was playing upon a plank across the flume of Engle & Co.’s mill, from which it is supposed he fell into the water. The smaller boy missed him, and supposing he had stolen away, ran off in search of him. His inquiries excited alarm and Mr. Engle caused the gate to be closed, when it was found to be obstructed. The mill was stopped by choking the stones, and upon search, the body — except one leg, which had been severed and floated away — was found lying upon the top of the wheel, which is of the Turbine pattern, and has a lateral motion. It is supposed that the leg was forced into one of the buckets — they being too small to receive the whole body — and by contact with the case, in which the wheel revolved was crushed off. It was not found until after the body was interred. Coroner Barnes held an inquest which resulted in a verdict of “accidental death by drowning.”
Culled from the August 1, 1872 issue of the Mower County Transcript (Austin, Minnesota) as quoted in the excellent compilation book Coffee Made Her Insane.
February 1, 1892
AN OLD VETERAN’S SAD DEATH.
Special Dispatch to The North American.
CARLISLE, Pa., Feb. 1.—Albert Williams, a Canadian, fell into Mountain Creek at Hunter’s Run last night while drunk. He was found almost dead from cold by a young man named Powley, who hurried off to get aid. When Powley returned with a Mr. McBride, they found Wiliams dead. Deceased was sixty years of age. He was a veteran of the Mexican as well as the late civil war and was a pensioner. For many years he was one of the Reading Coal and Iron Company’s ore miners.
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From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook
February 1, 1892
DROWNED IN THE DELAWARE.
Special Dispatch to The North American.
BURLINGTON, N. J., Feb. 1—William and Henry Wilcox, aged thirteen and fourteen years respectively, sons of Henry Wilcox, an employee of the Knickerbocker Ice Company at Kinkora, made fatal choice of the ice-bridged Delaware as their path to school. They had not gotten out of sight of their home before Henry broke through and William, who bravely attempting the rescue of his brother, also fell in. The father of the boys saw their mishap and hurried to their aid, but just as he reached them the struggling boys sank for the last time. The bodies were recovered.
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From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook
Olde News for Morbid Minds!