Harvey William Pringle (ca. 1866-1887)

PRINGLE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 2/13/2011 at 10:53:05

From Story County Watchman December 16, 1887

Death of H. W. Pringle.

MR. FRANK L. PRINGLE,--Collins, Iowa--I will write you a few lines telling you the particulars of the death of your brother Harvey W. Pringle. Last Monday evening Nov. 28th, he was working in a supply yard at Chivington, helping load Bridge ties. As they were putting up one of the ties it had got up to the top, when it being slippery they would not hod in any longer, it slipped and came down. It had slipped off from one skid and your brother, I suppose, thought he could get out of the way quicker by going under it slipped off the other skid and came down on him. The log was no more than on him until willing hands had it off. As they raised the log, he raised upon his knees and fell over dead.

I don't know whether he breathed or not. It struck him across the shoulders and he never knew what hurt him. I am the teamster in the yard, and also his closest neighbor I drove to the town office as quick as I could get him there. Several men ran for the doctor but all in vain. The R. R. Company sent you a dispatch immediately, waited until late yesterday evening and got the word what to do with him and could not keep him very well any longer. So the town company went and laid of a Burying ground. We selected a nice place and buried him. He had a very nice suit of dark cloth. We put on him a flue shirt, collar and cuffs, a nice light necktie and socks, all was done that could be done. All the neighborhood miss him sadly, every body that knew him respected him. He had a nice homestead one half mile from mine and had just finished a nice adobe house which he was very proud of. Some of his things are at this house and some of them are at Mr. Kings, a brother-in-law of mine that lived close to him. He staid all night with me when he came here and staid a few days until he got at his house, then he went to Mr. Kings and staid about one week, and staid on his claim the rest of the time. I did not know any of the rest of the faimly to write to. He had your letter in his pocket is the way we got your name, and I will tell you, Mr. King will send you a statement of what he has there soon.

Yours with respect,
JOSEPH E. NEWSAM.

Chivington, Bent Co., Col., Dec. 1, 1887.

Mrs. Newsam and I send our hear felt sympathy to the family.