Somers, CT Lumber Mill Accident, Apr 1895

A Horrible Death.

SOMERS, Conn., April 18.---Frank Starr, a sawyer at the Curtis lumber mill, was a work, when his clothing came in contact with the teeth of a buzz saw, and he was drawn over the sharp teeth. His head was severed from his body and the latter was badly mutilated.

The Fitchburg Sentinel, Fitchburg, MA 18 Apr 1895
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