Met Fatal Accident - Beleweer, Waldrich 1901

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Date: 12/31/2016 at 19:14:38

Dubuque Daily Herald, June 3, 1901

Met Fatal Accident
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Mason City, June 3. – While endeavoring to fire off an anvil at Burchinal yesterday afternoon Waldrich Beleweer, 17 years old, was fatally injured. The anvil exploded, one piece tearing a gaping wound in his breast and another fracturing his knee. His face and neck were also badly bruised from the powder.