Vulcan, MI Mine Shaft Accident, Feb 1906
Posted October 11th, 2007 by Carol Veio
MEETS AWFUL DEATH IN MICHIGAN MINE
WOLVELAR FALLS 800 FEET DOWN SHAFT AND BODY IS HORRIBLY MUTILATED
Herald Special Service.
Norway, Mich., Feb. 6.---August
VON WOLVELAER, a miner employed at the Penn Iron company's mines at Vulcan, met with a terrible death today. He fell headlong down the main shaft, a distance of 800 feet. Nobody witnessed the accident but missing him a search revealed the mangled remains at the bottom of the pit. The remains were so badly mutilated it was necessary to sweep them into a box. A son met with an accident at the same mine and still lives with a broken back, a cripple for life.
Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand Forks, ND 7 Feb 1906
__________________
Transcribed by Carol Veio. Thank you, Carol!
Search for more information on this disaster and other train wrecks, fires, accidents, etc. in historical newspapers in the Newspaper Archive. Over one billion newspaper articles online!
Search for your ancestors among the billions of names at ancestry.com Find death records, census images, immigration lists and genealogy other databases for your surnames. Use this Free trial
to search for your ancestors.
Start Your Family Tree It's FREE and easy. Start with yourself, your parents, grandparents and you're on your way to building your family history! Get Started Now and build your family tree at ancestry.com. It's Free!
Find Your Ancestors For Free!
Take advantage of a free trial and start finding more information on your ancestors!
Military Records - 7 days for FREE! Fold3 Civil War, World War I, World War II, and more
Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Records, Obituaries - 7 days for FREE! Find genealogy records at archives.com
Census Records, Vital Records, Old Newspapers - 14 days for FREE! Trace your families history at ancestry.com Search millions of records.
Yearbooks, Death Records, Histories, Obituaries, - 3 days for FREE! Search huge database of Records at worldvitalrecords.com
|
gendisasters.com is a genealogy site, compiling information on the historic disasters, events, and tragic accidents our ancestors endured, as well as, information about their life and death. Database and records searchable by surname. Compilation, design, artwork and concept covered by copyright. Copyright ©2006-2012, All rights reserved. Contact me. Privacy Policy. |
Article
Thank you, he was my paternal great grandfather.