GORDON, Ole

GORDON

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 4/11/2023 at 22:09:22

Ole Gordon

Source: History of Mower County, Minnesota; illustrated, by Franklin Curtiss-Wedge, 1911, p.178
On April 22, 1873, Ole Gordon, of Northwood Iowa was instantly killed while grinding plows in the shop of Seymour Johnson, in Austin, by the bursting of a revolving stone. One fragment weighing 500 pounds, struck the unfortunate man in the forehead, at the corner of the right eye, and carried away a large portion of his skull and scattered his brains over the entire room. It passed through one end of the building and struck in the street some sixty feet distant. The stone was entirely new and, as far as then could be discovered, perfectly sound. It was driven by horse power, and at no more than the usual speed.

On April 22, 1873, Ole Gordon, of Northwood Iowa was instantly killed while grinding plows in the shop of Seymour Johnson, in Austin, by the bursting of a revolving stone. One fragment weighing 500 pounds, struck the unfortunate man in the forehead, at the corner of the right eye, and carried away a large portion of his skull and scattered his brains over the entire room. It passed through one end of the building and struck in the street some sixty feet distant. The stone was entirely new and, as far as then could be discovered, perfectly sound. It was driven by horse power, and at no more than the usual speed.

Contributed by Kathy Pike.