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Crushed To Death

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
July
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Ixdiaxapolis, Ind., July21.- Whileworking on the new soldiers' monument here two men, Abraham Jones (white) and Elijah Middleton (colored) were instantly killed. They were engaged in hoisting stone by means of a huge derrick, when the latter, the timber of which has become decayed and weak f rom long usage, broke, the top falling on theni and crushiug thora horribly. Chicago, July 21.- Charles Winckler, a wealthy contractor, and a laboror named Loehr, were killed by the falling of a heavy wall that was beiug torn down at North Clark and Grant streets.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register