FATAL ACCIDENT- Edward Myers 1861

MYERS

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 1/2/2021 at 18:18:38

The Dubuque Herald- May 15, 1861

FATAL ACCIDENT-A man named Edward Myers, a resident of Hopkinton, Delaware County was accidentally killed on Thursday last by the discharge of his gun in his own hands. He failed in several attempts to discharge the gun, and then, while in the act of blowing his breath into the barrel it was discharged, killing him instantly. The accident occurred near Sand Springs.