Will Stroud, Scalded to Death-1879

STROUD, GEORGE

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 9/7/2019 at 20:47:18

Daily Nonpareil, Wednesday, Jan 15, 1879, Council Bluffs, IA, Page: 1

FATAL ACCIDENT

Special to the Nonpariel: Jan. 14. – At 8 o’clock this morning a steam pipe to the engine in Thomas George’s flour mill, at this place, burst, almost instantly scalding to death Will Stroud, the engineer, and slightly scalding Thomas George. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of death by unavoidable accident.