Lewellyn, William – 1871-1896

DAVIS, LEWELLYN

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 9/7/2009 at 13:06:45

Death in the Mine
Shocking Fatality at Hamilton Last Wednesday
Wm. Lewellyn, Working Alone in the Mine, Crushed by Falling Slate
HAMILTON, March 23 – A terrible fate awaited Will Lewellyn as he went6 alone to his room to work on last Wednesday morning, taking his dinner bucket with him and kissing his little boy goodbye, telling his wife not to worry as there was no danger. But when the evening meal was prepared and her husband did not return, Mrs. Lewellyn knew too well there had been danger, and after watching became unbearable she gave the alarm and search was made and the lifeless corpse was soon found beneath a mass of slate. Evans and Shultz, who operated that bank, had both been in the mine that morning, and on coming out at noon had told Lewellyn he had better come out too, as it was unsafe to be in the mine alone, and he replied he would come soon. But he must have been instantly killed a few minutes later, as all circumstances go to show, his dinner bucket being untouched and there not being a sign of any struggle in the soft coal dust around him. As soon as found he was carried to his home near the hotel where wife and babe and an untouched supper awaited him. Kind neighbors did everything that could be done for both living and dead.
William Lewellyn was born of Welsh parentage in Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1871. Was married to Miss Lizzie Davis, of Excelsior, in 1893. Two children were born to them, one which they buried near the U.P. church, near Albia, in January last. Mr. Lewellyn’s remains were interred beside those of his child.
Source: The Knoxville (IA) Express; March 25, 1896