BARTH, Jakob (1878-1892)

BARTH

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 11/12/2016 at 17:34:03

In Bingham township, Hancock county, while threshing, the boiler of the engine exploded, and one boy by the name of Barth was killed and two others hurt, with the loss of 1,000 bushels of oats burned in the stack.

source: Pocahontas County Sun, 6 Oct 1892, page 1, col 1