Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1907 — ACCIDENTAL DEATH NEAR WOLCOTT [ARTICLE]

ACCIDENTAL DEATH NEAR WOLCOTT

Cooney Clouse Crushed to Death by Thrashing Nachine Accident. Cooney Clouse, 21 yeaiis old, of Remington, was killed Saturday night at about 8:30 o’fclock, having been crushed between the traction engine and tender of his thrashing machine outfit, when a bridge they were crossing gave way. He had been thrashing in the Blaekoak neighborhood and finished a job late Saturday night and was moving to another location to be on hand Monday morning. The bridge that gave way was a frame structure 2 miles north and 1 mile west of Wolcott. YonDg Clouse was standing at the rear ot the engine, guiding it, and both engine and tender were on the bridge when it gave way with a crash and the back of the engine and front of the tender were jamed together with Clouse between them. His body was badly crushed and death must have been instantaneous. It was about two hours before the body could be released from the position where he was killed. The funeral was held at the Reming Catholic chuich Sunday afternoon.

Abont two years ago, an older brother of the unfortunate victim of this accident, lost his left arm in a thrashing machine and had his right arm broken and badly mashed, and last year he lost the thumb from his remaining hand. It is also understood that other members of the same family have received injuries about thrashing machines.