Fatal Accident
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Mary Brownperson
3 claims cited from this source
a.k.a. Mrs. Mary Brown, Mrs. Brown
A. Harrisperson
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a.k.a. Mr. A. Harris
Dr. Sloughperson
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a.k.a. Dr. Slough
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Fatal Accident
About six o’clock on Tuesday morning last,
people residing in the vicinity of Bullard and
Market streets were startled by loud cries of
“Help! Help!”. On repairing to the scene of
the commotion it was found that Mrs. Mary
Brown, wife of Robert Brown, had fallen into
the well on Market street, close by Wm. Mar-
shal’s blacksmith shop. Mr. A. Harris, who was
coming down Bullard Street, had seen Mrs.
Brown slip and plunge headlong into the well,
when about to lift out a bucket of water, and
gave the alarm. The lady was taken from the
well as quickly as possible and Dr. Slough was
soon in attendance, but she was beyond human
aid, as her skull was fractured in several places,
and life was extinct before she was taken from
the well. Shortly after waking in the morning,
deceased had told her husband that she felt
badly and had a strange presentiment of im-
pending misfortune, to which he paid but little
attention. Deceased was highly esteemed and
much beloved by all her acquaintances and
relatives, and many passed a sad day after the
report of her untimely death. Mrs. Brown was
48 years old, she was buried on Wednesday.
Funeral from the Catholic church of which she
was a devout member.