GIBSON COUNTY, INDIANA
ACCIDENTS, ACCIDENTAL DEATHS, AND SUICIDES
(FHL No. 6088113)
Mr. Fletcher Jaquess was very badly
hurt by an old sow, January 3, 1915(FHL No. 6088113)
Mr. W. Harmon's horse ran away with Mrs. Alva Gudpel and daughter Mae and the three children of R. H. Harnett, overturned the buggy and scratched them up considerably, none seriously hurt. May 30, 1911
William E. Jones had foot badly cut with cornshredder, November 1, 1913
Bert White had leg broken, October 31, 1913
Theo. Roosevelt was shot by a man named Schrank, but not killed, October 11, 1912
Engine on the Big Four at St. Francisville, Ill. went through bridge and drowned the Engineer and fireman, Frank Lancaster and Oliver HazeIton, February 7, 1916
Charley Wilson (son of Frost) committed suicide by strychnine, January 23, 1912
Ervin Sharp was killed by the train, September 1, 1912
Columbus Overton was shot dead by a man, June 23, 1912
Miss LuciIe Mainer burned to death, Harrisburg, Illinois, January 10, 1913
Harrison C. Hitch, Princeton, policeman, was shot dead by Walter Brocail, May 11, 1913
Isaac Woods hung himself in the barn, September 9, 1911
Roy Binkley was thrown from a horse and killed, October 28, 1913
Samuel McDonald was killed by traction car, November 5, 1913
Edward J. Moser committed suicide by taking poison, June 8, 1911
Daniel Sturgen drowned in Maumee, July 12, 1914
John W. Bruner and daughter Lois were killed In an auto accident at Patoka and his wife had a leg and arm broken; John, his son, had both legs bronw (sic), and son Ralph badly hurt, November 22, 1911
Mrs. Carrie Oats was burned to death in Princeton,January 19, 1915
Omar Redman fell from the stable loft and was hurt very badly, April 11, 1915
Richard Dyball had his foot mashed on the railroad, June 5, 1915
The motor hand-car ran off the track and badly mashed Clarence Riley's foot, August 28, 1915
Aunt Patsy Knowles fell and broke her hip, August 30, 1915
Alta Reynolds, near Cynthiana, was badly hurt by a falling tree, September 6, 1915
Roy Gudgel fell from a load of hay and broke his wrist, September 13, 1915
Irvin Bertram struck by traction car and injured very badly, September 25, 1915
Mrs. Walker Hedges fell out of buggy and broke a rib, October 10, 1915
Mrs. Ida Hangrum fell In the cellar at her home in Haubstadt and dislocated shoulder November 11, 1915
Mrs. Mary White had arm broken, December 16, 1915
Mrs. Ada Gordon badly burned with coal oil, December 19, 1915
Jack Leister fell off the boiler at Grimwood's saw-mill and was badly hurt, November 11, 1910
Little Harvey Yeager Hurst fell and broke his arm, November 11, 1910
Pres. Teel was moving an old corn crib when it fell upon him, hurting him very badly October 18, 1910
Mrs. Hannah Emerson fell into the basement at Hassey & Yeager's store and was badly hurt, November 22, 1910
Elmer Lucas had both thumbs and both forefingers blown off by a dynamite cap, December 19, 1910
Mrs. Alf Hangrum had her collar bone broken by a bull, August 1, 1913
James Beloat had arm broken, March 6, 1911
A little daughter of Dennis Mitchell fell and broke an arm, March 21, 1911
Mrs. Pres. Teel fell and broke her thumb, December 20, 1914
Mrs. Lorinda Davis fell and broke her arm, December 21, 1914
Mrs. Lucy Mauck fall and broke her am, December 24, 1914
Charles Murphy fall and hurt his head badly, December 24, 1914
Asariah Doss accidentally shot his thumb and four fingers off, December 26, 1914
Osborne Lockhart fell in the kitchen and his head struck the stove and hurt him badly, December 21, 1914
Grant Rose fell and broke his leg, December 28, 1914
C. W. Fermon had his leg broken, December 31, 1914
Charles Newton caught fire and was very badly burned, January 1, 1915
Mrs. John P. Moore had arm and nose broken when her horse ran away, April 8, 1911
Miss Vera Knowles had one ankle badly sprained, April 24, 1911
Dr. K. S. Strickland dislocated his ankle, May 1, 1911
Darrell Dragoo had his ankle fractured, April 27, 1911
George Simpson kicked by a mule and badly hurt, May 19, 1911
Clell Woods had his jaw-bone and one arm broken and was hurt on the head and scalded on the back, May 30, 1911
Floyd Knowles had an arm broken, June 25, 1911
Preston Teel fell from granary and sprained an ankle, July 6, 1911
In a wreck on the Big Four railroad near Columbus, Ohio, Mrs. Minnie Strickland was very badly injured, August 18, 1911
Miss Ruth Simpson had her arm broken, August 29, 1911
Elmer Coleman had the ends of thumb and forefinger cut off at the saw-mill, September 20, 1911
Marshall Kimball fell from a scaffold and was badly crippled, July 1, 1910
Moody Kirby fell off his wagon and broke a rib, July 28, 1910
Edward Redman had his leg broken, August 9, 1910
Dorris Daugherty's team ran away while hitched to harrow, and he was caught under it and badly hurt. May 3, 1915
David Nepler had leg broken. May 12, 1915
Henry Newcome stuck a nail in his foot which crippled him badly. May 7, 1915
Leland Yeager was kicked in the head by a horse and badly hurt, June 1, 1915
Jasper Lucas was hurt on the head, June 15, 1915
Columbus Benson sawed two of his fingers nearly off at the batten factory, June 24,1915
John Massay broke his arm, December 26, 1915
Vivian Emerson cut his leg just above the foot with an ax, January 17, 1916
Tom Richardson had thumb jerked off, February 6, 1916
Mrs. Frances Dragoo fell and broke her arm, February 8, 1916
Corda Dike was badly hurt when his horse scared and overturned the buggy, cutting a bad gash in his head, March 8, 1916
Mrs. Lee Easters had a rib fractured, March 6, 1916
Mrs. Carolina Skelton, of Bone Gap, Illinois, dislocated her shoulder, March 7, 1919
Uncle Thomas Marvel had the first and second fingers on his right hand torn off April 9, 1916
Otis Newcome was crippled in the hip, May 4, 1916
Mrs, Laura Riley was accidentally shot, November 15, 1913
Dorothy Stunkel broke her arm, second time, November 27, 1913
Mrs. Isaac Mounts fell and broke her arm, February 23, 1914
Aaron Montgomery fell on the sidewalk and sprained his arm, March 26, 1914
Steve Smith got his arm sprained, April 19, 1914
Harrison Tucker's team ran away and ran over him and broke a rib and bruised him badly, May 11, 1914
Harvey Montgomery got his hand cut very badly at the saw-mill, with the saw. May 18,1914
Ben Shepler got his hand badly cut with the saw at the saw-mill. May 13, 1914
Herschel Taylor got a bone broken in his arm, June 7, 1914
Mrs. D. P. Bird fell on the floor and hurt her knee badly, July 7, 1914
Mary Murphy sprained her arm, July 13, 1914
Edward Duke wss killed with a shotgun in the hands of Carl Morton, In Princeton, November 9, 1914
Walter Wheeler of Princeton committed suicide, February 15, 1916
Mrs. George Bilderback's arm broken. May 18, 1916
John Teel got his collar-bone broken end arm fractured, June 2, 1916
Leroy Easters had foot badly crushed by a horse trampling on it. May 18, 1916
Mrs. Dollie (Anderson) Short committed suicide by taking carbolic acid, December 31, 1913
Miss Della Messersmith caught fire and burned to death, April 14, 1915
Donley Irvin killed by train near Poseyville, May 25, 1915
Mrs. French got killed at Fort Branch with an automobile, July 17, 1915
Curtis Montgomery killed In McCord flour-mill at Oakland City, September 27, 1915
James King was Instantly killed by lightning, July 9, 1910
Nikola Meelish, a Hunyak, was accidentally killed on the Big Four, in construction work, August 6, 1910
Otis S. Crawford was drowned in the Wabash river, August 15, 1910
Mrs. Masel committed suicide by shooting, October 27, 1910
Harrison Price was killed by the train in Owensville, November 4, 1910
Mr. Green was killed by a kick from a mule, on the river rock road, September 29, 1911
Leslie Hunter committed suicide by taking strychnine, January 17, 1912
William Toelle fell and dislocated his shoulder and broke two or three ribs, November 13, 1911
Mrs. Pres. Teel fell on a crossing and sprained one of her arms vary badly, January 27, 1912
George Ellwood had his right knee badly hurt by a fall, January 1, 1912
Frank Rainey had his arm broken, March 2, 1912
George W. Smith got his finger mashed very badly, March 18, 1912
Sylvester Maricle was hurt by a horse while shoeing him, March 29, 1912
Barrel Gardner got his arm fractured, April 5, 1912
George Garrison got his arm broken. May 19, 1912
While tearing down an old chimney at C. B. Smith's, Andrew Taylor fell from a scaffold and cut his hand badly. May 8, 1912
Columbus Benson had two fingers mashed badly in his machine shop, May 31, 1912
Mrs, Stephen Mead was very badly but not fatally shot by her husband with a shotgun, accidentally, June 1, 1912
Kearney Harmon was vary badly burned by falling into the fire, June 12, 1912
John M. Kennett fractured his arm, August 8, 1912
Miss Mary Hart.on fell from the porch and fractured her left arm, August 10, 1912
Edward Witherspoon had his arm put out of place, August 12, 1912
William Scott, Sr. had his leg mashed by a saw-log, October 26, 1912
Robt. Mack Montgomery had three ribs broken by a bull, October 28, 1912
Roscoe Eaton had shoulder put out of place, October 28, 1912
Millard Dyre had a leg mashed between two logs, August 3, 1912
Charles W. Thompson and three others of the family were hurt when the buggy broke down while they were driving in from the sand, August 18, 1912
Mrs. William Allison had a shoulder dislocated in a runaway, October 1, 1913
Frank Parrieh had his thumb cut off at the saw-mill. May 12, 1913
Russsll Montgomery had foot badly crushed. May 22, 1913
Mr. Bolin, while working in a well for Albert Schumacher, was badly hurt by a bucket of brick falling on his head, May 22, 1913
Bernice Grigsby had his jaw-bone broken by the kick of a horse. May 21, 1913
Wesley McClure was crippled by the train while working on it, April 24 1913
Frank Montgomery cut his foot very badly with a foot-adz. May 24, 1913
George Rhinefort's horse threw him against a fence and almost knocked his brains out, July 1, 1913
Dr. Ralph W. Emerson, while cutting weeds with a mower, ran over his small boy in the tall weeds, where he could not be seen, and cut the child's foot very badly, July 18, 1913
Thomas Emerson had his arm broken by a mule, August 18, 1913
Dorothy Stunkel fell off a bicycle and broke her arm, August 23, 1913
Miss Gertrude Alcorn had leg broken, October 28, 1913
Miss Gertrude Gordon burned her arm, July 16, 1911
Alfred Downen had his right arm broken, July 11, 1911
Charles Schmittler had hand cut with glass, July 17, 1911
Joney Paul Boren broke his arm, August 10, 1911
Manning Taylor fell from scaffold and put his elbow out of place, September 29, 1911
Alfred Downen had right arm broken over, October 9, 1911
Arthur Keneipp caught his hand in the corn-shredder and had his thumb and forefinger taken off and the rest of the hand very badly hurt, November 13, 1914
Henry Armstrong was considerably though not seriously hurt by being thrown from a horse, November 10, 1914
William Teel fell from the schoolhouse window and broke his arm, December 1, 1914
James P. Stone had two ribs broken and one fractured by falling off a step-ladder, November 26, 1914
Weldon Dugan had a foot badly mashed by a wagon running over it, April 22, 1915
Charles Sumners Stunkel had his ankle sprained very badly, April 4, 1915
Mrs. George C. Stone had her right hand badly hurt by the gear-wheel of a pump, April 26, .1915
McClellan Woods had leg broken with a motorcycle, April 25, 1915
Wreck on Southern railroad killed engineer Elmer E. Reeves and fireman William B. Finney, July 12, 1910
Scaffold broke with Tom Fair and broke two or three ribs, July 13, 1910
Paul Thompson had an arm broken, March 2, 1911
Rudolph Yeager's horse fell with him and mashed his foot very badly, June 19, 1913
Isaac Woods had two ribs and collar bone broken while cutting wheat, June 18, 1913
William Lee's team ran off and scratched him up very badly, June 26, 1913
Mrs. Luther Knight sprained her wrist, August 6, 1913
Mrs. Henry Garrett was seriously injured by doubletree flying back, while loading hay, October 1, 1913
'Louis Marvel had his thumb and forefinger torn off in a feed grinder, June 16, 1910
Mrs. J. R. Edwards fell into the cellar and fractured two or three ribs, June 26,1910
Paul Woods accidentally shot his thumb and finger off, August 17, 1910
Raymond Newcome had an eye put out, August 21, 1910
Otis Newcome had a foot badly mashed by being run over by a wagon, August 31, 1900
Ralph Montgomery fell from a tree and broke both bones in his right arm, October 12, 1912
Miss Cora Reynolds had both bones broken in her leg, November 24, 1912
Warren Barnett fall and broke his arm, December 31, 1912
Ollie Kerr, an engineer on the railroad, had a leg broken in a wreck, March 13, 1913
Harvey Lucas' team ran off with him and skinned him all over, June 17, 1913
Harrison Johnson was driving an automobile when it turned over and broke Johnson's arm and killed Edward Schick, November 26, 1915