VAN WIE - Death 1887
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VAN WIE - Death 1887
Shocking Accident at Mauston, A Daughter of W. H. Van Wie Whirled to Death at the Fair.
MAUSTON, Sept, 22 - The people who attended the fair late on Wednesday afternoon were greatly shocked by an accident near an operating machine in the agricultural implement department. The rapidly revolving shaft of the engine caught the clothing of a 12-year-old daughter of W. H. Van Wie and whirled her to death in the presence of her parents and friends. Her head and shoulders were terribly bruised. It was some moments before she could be disentangled, and in the meantime a large crowd had gathered around the fatal shaft.
NOTE: her name was Adelle Van Wie
Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) 23 Sep 1887
MAUSTON, Sept, 22 - The people who attended the fair late on Wednesday afternoon were greatly shocked by an accident near an operating machine in the agricultural implement department. The rapidly revolving shaft of the engine caught the clothing of a 12-year-old daughter of W. H. Van Wie and whirled her to death in the presence of her parents and friends. Her head and shoulders were terribly bruised. It was some moments before she could be disentangled, and in the meantime a large crowd had gathered around the fatal shaft.
NOTE: her name was Adelle Van Wie
Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) 23 Sep 1887