HARVEY, Leroy John 1863-1884

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HARVEY, Leroy John 1863-1884

HARVEY

Posted By: Kathy Gerkins (email)
Date: 10/1/2013 at 15:11:45

Cause of death: Killed on cars - Buffalo, South Dakota.
Leroy John Harvey
Jack Harvey died at Buffalo, Dakota, Friday morning. He was conscious to the last, and his last goodbye to his father and mother was peculiarly affecting. The accident happened in the night as he was descending from a freight car to the caboose.
He somehow lost his hold, and fell to the track, the wheels of the rear car passing over him. His left leg was taken off at the ankle and his left arm at the wrist. His right leg was broken below the knee, and his head badly bruised.
No one seems to have been to blame for the accident. His body was brought home and laid away to rest in the Charles City Cemetery. Peaceful be his sleep.
Newspaper clipping from the Floyd County Museum.

Floyd Obituaries maintained by Lynn Diemer-Mathews.
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