McNamara, John 1870 – 1916

MCNAMARA, JAMES

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/14/2021 at 19:37:00

Cresco Plain Dealer Oct. 13, 1916 P-1 C-3

John McNamara Fatally Injured.
John McNamara, a former Cresco boy, a son of Mrs. Mike James of Cresco, was fatally injured at Lawler last Saturday afternoon, passing away Monday afternoon at his home in Calmar. The deceased was about 46 years of age and leaves a wife and two sons, one residing in South Dakota. He also leaves two brothers and a sister.
The Decorah Journal gives the following account of the accident: “John McNamara, who formerly lived in this city, met a tragic death as the result of falling from the top of a smokestack which was in the process of erection, at Lawler.
Mr. McNamara stood at the top of a 38 foot smokestack, on an unnailed plank. He stepped too far to one side and the board tipped up. Mr. McNamara was thrown off, and as he fell, he screamed for help. He struck a cellar door, which broke and he fell through into the basement, striking on a pile of coal. He was given immediate attention, and it was found that besides external bruises, he was hurt internally. The accident happened between two and three o’clock Saturday afternoon, and Mr. McNamara’s work would have been finished in about an hour’s time. Monday, Mr. McNamara’s wife and his brother, Wm. of this city, had him moved to his home in Calmar, and he passed away there Monday evening.”

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows he was born in 1870 and is buried in Phelps Cemetery.

Phelps Cemetery
 

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