Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Paul Haggerty Killed. [ARTICLE]

Paul Haggerty Killed.

Paul Haggerty a young man who worked on the ironworks of the court house and quite well known here met with a fatal accident at Chesterton a few weeks ago. He was working on a scaffold which gave way and he fell to the ground a distance of 200 feet killing him instantly. He was on the scaffold with Tom Manly also well known here who saved himself by catching hold of a rope after falling about 20 feet.