Capt. J.T. Drummond - Died May 1890

DRUMMOND, JOHNSON, STEELE, BOWMAN, KAUFFMAN

Posted By: Pat Ryan White (email)
Date: 6/24/2017 at 06:04:54

IN A FURNACE OF FIRE.

Terrible Death of Capt. J.T. Drummond at Mt. Pleasant.

He Perishes in a Fire that Consumes the Mt. Pleasant Scale Works.

[Special to The Hawk-Eye.] Mt. Pleasant, May 29.-A disastrous fire occurred in this city this afternoon between one and two o'clock, at which also occurred the death of one of our oldest citizens, which has greatly shocked the community. The Mt. Pleasant scale works, near Adams street, just north of the railroad, was found to be on fire and before water could be procured, it being very dry, and with a strong wind, the eastern building was consumed with much of its contents. the building burnt was not very valuable, but there was no insurance and it is a total loss. Messrs. Steele and Johnson, comprising the Mt. Pleasant Manufacturing company, lost a large part of their stock of machinery and tools valued at $6,000; insured for $2,000. Captain J. T. Drummond has a shop and office in one corner of the building, where he made models and executed applications for patents. He was at his desk when Mr. Johnson came in and notified him the building was on fire. Instead of removing his effects, he was found soon after in the same place, apparently in much suffering; he was carried out to Bowman & Kauffman's office, across the street, and in a few minutes was dead. Cerebral apoplexy, probably induced by the excitement, seemed to be the immediate cause of his death. He was over sixty years of age, an old resident of this county, was in the Mexican war and was captain of Company K in the Fourth Iowa cavalry. His remains will be buried at Hickory Grove, four miles north of town, on Sunday, the G.A.R. post of which he was a member, attending in a body.

["Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette", Friday morning, May 30, 1890, page 1]