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FOSSUM, Martin 1872 - 1897

FOSSUM

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 12/21/2020 at 15:04:22

Source: Decorah Republican Nov. 25, 1897 P 3 C 2

Met With Instant Death.
Waukon Democrat—Martin Fossum was crushed to death Saturday morning in a sand pit in Center township, the second accident of this nature that has occured in the county within a month. Fossum was a young man in the employ of Fred Barthell and that morning had repaired to a pit on the Barthell farm for a load of sand. He had barely commenced digging when a huge quantity of rock and sand fell, crushing him to death instantly. The team was observed running away from the scene of the accident, which was the first warning to others of the terrible affair. It took two men over an hour to remove the fallen rock from the remains. The young man’s parents reside in that vicinity.

Transcriber’s Note: Iowa Gravestone Photos show he was born July 14, 1872 and died Nov. 13, 1897. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.


 

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