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James Knuckey in Negaunee, Michigan 1888

James Knuckey in Negaunee, Michigan 1888

Posted: 21 Feb 2008 3:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Knuckey
Saturday, January 7, 1888 Page 2

While two miners, James Knuckey and George Jane, were drilling a hole in the Jackson mine at Negaunee, Saturday, the drill struck an old unexploded charge that had been abandoned some time before, and it went off with terrific force, killing them both instantly. The bodies were frightfully mangled and Knuckey's head was torn from his body. Both were married.



I am not related to this family, just passing on this information which comes from a website called "Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Newspaper Birth, Marriage and Death Notices." The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewjmartin/deat1887...
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