GREENLAND, Richard abt 1829 - 1871

GREENLAND

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:22:48

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, November 2, 1871
Page 3, Column 2

Shocking Accident.--We take the following particulars of the death of a former citizen of Jefferson county from the "State Register" of the 27th ult.:

"Yesterday morning soon after 7 o'clock a terrible accident occurred which resulted in the death of Mr. Richard GREENLAND, carpenter, who lived on Maple street, near Eleventh. He had the contract for the woodwork of Williams' brick block, which is now being erected on Court Avenue, opposite the Turner block, and was engaged in setting a joint on the top of the building when the accident occurred, which ended his life. He, in company with two of his men, had gone to the top of the building soon after seven o'clock, where they at once went to work to lay the joist. The deceased and one of his men, named Davis, were working near each other, and as they were so engaged Mr. GREENLAND happened to stand on the brick wall, with his face toward the inside of the building, in order to lift the end of the joist. As he was doing so, one of the bricks on which he stood gave way, and he fell backwards to the roof of the store of Mr. Newman, which adjoins the Williams block, thirty-two feet below where he was standing, and, falling on his head was instantly killed.-- The two men who were at work with him on the building, at once lowered themselves to the roof of Newman's store, where Mr. GREENLAND was lying, and found that he was quite dead. His head having struck the corner of a brick which was lying on the spot on which he fell, his skull was found to be crushed in, and death must have resulted instantaneously. His body was taken from the roof of Mr. Newman's store as soon as possible, and taken home, his wife having first been apprised of the melancholy fate of her husband, by some friend of the family. Mr. GREENLAND had lived in Des Moines for about ten years, and was very much respected by all who knew him. He has always been known as a straightforward, hardworking, industrious man. He leaves a wife and two children, one eight years of age and the other only a year old, to mourn his untimely loss His remains were last night taken to Salina, Jefferson county, to be there interred. Yesterday afternoon funeral exercises were conducted at his house by Elder Nash, at which there were present a large number of sympathizing friends of the friends,"

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