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Pleasantville, NY Killed by Blasted Stump, Jun 1936
Posted February 28th, 2008 by Linda Horton
Killed by Blasted Stump
Dewittville, June 1---Edwin Carlson, 27, who boarded on the farm of Milton Higgs at Pleasantville near here, was almost instantly killed Sunday noon whin a 25-pound section from a stump being dynamited on the farm flew through the air and struck him on the left temple, fracturing his skull. Calson lived but five minutes. He had been watching Mr. Higgs and W. A. Hankel dynamite the stump.
Republican-Press, Salamanca, NY 1 Jun 1936
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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!
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