Wilson - W.W. - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Sat March 21, 1891

W.W. Wilson was killed a this shop half a mile this side of Shawnee Mound Saturday afternoon. He was running a feed grinder at a very high rate of speed when it suddenly broke and the pieces flew in every direction. One of them struck Mr. Wilson in the eyes knocking him over. Another man in the building escaped by running. When the feed grinder broke it threw the governor belt off the engine and it started to run at a furious rate. Then the steam pipe leading from the boiler to the steam chest broke filling the room with steam and hot water. In the midst of this horrible scene Mrs. Wilson appeared and with superhuman courage and strength for she is a very feeble woman, dragged her husband out by the feet. He was hardly conscious and lived only a few hours. Mr. Wilson was well known over the county as a local Methodist preacher. He was about 60 years old and has several children, all grown, among them being Mrs. Frank Goddard. - transcribed by kbz