Son of Thomas Burke (1885)

BURKE

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/18/2007 at 14:26:09

Winterset Madisonian & Chronicle
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, December 24, 1885
Page 4

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From the St. Charles REPORTER we get the following item: "The telephone informs us that the young son of Thomas Burke, living a short distance west of Bevington, was accidentally killed yesterday morning in attempting to board a moving handcar on the Rock Island road, the lever striking him on the head and breaking his neck.