Grave marker says April 29, 1849 - September 24, 1895. However newspapers articles from Grand Forks Hearld and Lima Times Democrat, Lima, Ohio, regarding the accident are dated September 1894.
Lima Times Democrat , Lima Ohio, Thursday, September 27, 1894, Page 1
SIX MEN KILLED. Terrible Fatal Boiler Explosion on a Farm Near Crystal. Four Men Instantly Killed - Two of Them Die from Their Injuries And Several Others Seriously Hurt - Low Water in Boiler ---- Crystal, N.D., Sept. 26 - The boiler of a threshing machine on the farm of Wm. Cain, three miles northwest of Crystal exploded last evening with fearful effect, four men being killed instantly, two others fatally hurt and have since died of their inuries, and another will die and several others are seriously injured. THE DEAD . F. A. Banoger, engineer, of Argyle, Minn. married: Nick Phillips, Fireman, St. Paul, married; Robert Hawthorne, Crystal, N. D. , single: Chris Behrens, Crystal, N. D., married: Charles Shepard, Lomis, Man., married: Alex Proux, Olga, N. D., married. The last wo names died today of their injuries. Each leave a wife and five children.
Grave marker says April 29, 1849 - September 24, 1895. However newspapers articles from Grand Forks Hearld and Lima Times Democrat, Lima, Ohio, regarding the accident are dated September 1894.
Lima Times Democrat , Lima Ohio, Thursday, September 27, 1894, Page 1
SIX MEN KILLED. Terrible Fatal Boiler Explosion on a Farm Near Crystal. Four Men Instantly Killed - Two of Them Die from Their Injuries And Several Others Seriously Hurt - Low Water in Boiler ---- Crystal, N.D., Sept. 26 - The boiler of a threshing machine on the farm of Wm. Cain, three miles northwest of Crystal exploded last evening with fearful effect, four men being killed instantly, two others fatally hurt and have since died of their inuries, and another will die and several others are seriously injured. THE DEAD . F. A. Banoger, engineer, of Argyle, Minn. married: Nick Phillips, Fireman, St. Paul, married; Robert Hawthorne, Crystal, N. D. , single: Chris Behrens, Crystal, N. D., married: Charles Shepard, Lomis, Man., married: Alex Proux, Olga, N. D., married. The last wo names died today of their injuries. Each leave a wife and five children.
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