Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1909 — REMINGTON CARPENTER VICTIM OF ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

REMINGTON CARPENTER VICTIM OF ACCIDENT.

Falls From Root of Corn Crib and Dies From Broken Neck Wednesday Afternoon. ■ ■ r Ed Cummings, a Remington carpenter, who was building a corn crib on the Corey Price farm, northwest cf Remington, fell from the roof of the crib Wednesday afternoon and broke his neck, dying instantly. Cummings was subject to heart failure attacks and it is thought one of these caused him to fall. He was about 45 years of age and is survived by his wife and one sop, another son having died only about a year ago.