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- ENGINE EXPLODES WHILE THRESHING
- Occurred on Farm of A. T. Brown - Kills One
Man - Results in Fire, Destroying Property
- A threshing engine at work on the farm of A[dam] T[obias]
BROWN, about three
- miles southwest of this city, exploded at about five o'clock
yesterday afternoon, fearfully injuring the owner of the farm
and burning all the barns, straw and grain stacks and granary
to the ground. The fire gained rapid headway and soon all the
property was destroyed. BROWN, who was standing near the
engine at the time of the explosion, was hurled a distance of
twelve rods though the air and besides receiving internal injuries,
was very badly bruises about the head and limbs, and died at
ten o'clock last night. BROWN leaves a wife and two children,
a brother in this city, and two brothers in the town of Rock.
- It appears that BROWN had gotten out an old Portable
engine, fixed it up, and fired
- the machine. He intended to make a test as he wished to saw
wood later. There was no one on the farm at the time, except
his wife and children, and they were out watching the repairing
of the engine.
-
- His Last Words
- BROWN had just told his wife, who was standing beside
him, the amount of steam
- the dial showed, saying: "Its now one hundred and twenty".
Those were the last words he uttered for, with a terrific report,
the boiler burst and he was thrown into a neighboring field,
160 feet away, striking against a barb wire fence.
- C. GRIFFEN, who was working in the woods nearby, heard
the explosion and was
- the first one on the scene. Drs. GIBSON and SUTHERLAND
were immediately called and they left the city shortly after
five o'clock. The found the victim badly bruised, but everything
was done to alleviate his sufferings. He died between 10 and
11 o'clock in the evening. The Doctors believe that he would
have survived the external wounds if it had not been for the
burns received by the steam.
-
- Badly Burned and Cut
- The entire front part of his body was burned and cut in many
places by the flying
- cinders. He was not apparently struck by any part of the
engine. The engine was nearly useless, and said to be over twenty-five
years old. Besides his wife and two children, three brothers,
E. O. of this city, and B. W. and Oscar BROWN of the town
of Center survive the unfortunate man.
- DEATH NOTICE - The funeral of A[dam] T[obias] BROWN
will be held from the residence at one o'clock Thursday. The
remains will be taken to the Grove church cemetery west of Greenville
[Janesville].
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- [Adam Tobias BROWN was the son of James H. BROWN;
Adam's wife was Florence HAYFORD]
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- Courtesy of Matt Brown
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