Mr. Ross (1885)

ROSS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 10/20/2007 at 10:10:14

Winterset Madisonian and Chronicle
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 16, 1885
Page 4

Our Chip Basket

A terrible accident occured at Heagley's mill, near St. Charles, last Thursday. A man named Ross, who was feeding the large saw mill, was struck by a sliver thrown from the saw which entered his eye and penetrated the brain. He was almost instantly killed. After he fell the saw cut off his heel.
________________________

Coordinator's note: This is possibly William A. Ross who was living in South Township per the 1885 Iowa State Census. His wife is a widow in the 1895 Iowa State census. He was about age 47 in 1885.