The Gloucester Gazette (Va),
Thurs, 10 Oct 1935,
p1, c3
F. S. Sinclair Dies Of Pitchfork Injury
Frank Smith Sinclair, 52, York County farmer having many friends and kinsmen in Gloucester, died about six o'clock Saturday night at the Riverside Hospital, Newport News, from injuries suffered last Thursday when he fell on the tines of a pitchfork.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the residence, "Thorpland," at Tabb, with Rev. A. J. Renforth, of Yorktown, in charge. Interment was in the family burying ground.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Miss Caroline Sinclair; two sisters, Mrs. B. P. Tillery and Mrs. George W. McAllister of Hampton; and two brothers, Dr. Fay A. Sinclair of Newport News and Charles L. Sinclair of Hampton.
The fatal accident occured on his farm when Mr. Sinclair attempted to mount a wagon he had been loading with hay. His foot slipped from the spoke of a wheel and he fell on the prongs of a fork held in his hand. The tines entered the abdomen, puncturing the stomach. An operation was performed Friday in a vain attempt to save his life.
Thurs, 10 Oct 1935,
p1, c3
F. S. Sinclair Dies Of Pitchfork Injury
Frank Smith Sinclair, 52, York County farmer having many friends and kinsmen in Gloucester, died about six o'clock Saturday night at the Riverside Hospital, Newport News, from injuries suffered last Thursday when he fell on the tines of a pitchfork.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the residence, "Thorpland," at Tabb, with Rev. A. J. Renforth, of Yorktown, in charge. Interment was in the family burying ground.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Miss Caroline Sinclair; two sisters, Mrs. B. P. Tillery and Mrs. George W. McAllister of Hampton; and two brothers, Dr. Fay A. Sinclair of Newport News and Charles L. Sinclair of Hampton.
The fatal accident occured on his farm when Mr. Sinclair attempted to mount a wagon he had been loading with hay. His foot slipped from the spoke of a wheel and he fell on the prongs of a fork held in his hand. The tines entered the abdomen, puncturing the stomach. An operation was performed Friday in a vain attempt to save his life.
The Gloucester Gazette (Va),
Thurs, 10 Oct 1935,
p1, c3
F. S. Sinclair Dies Of Pitchfork Injury
Frank Smith Sinclair, 52, York County farmer having many friends and kinsmen in Gloucester, died about six o'clock Saturday night at the Riverside Hospital, Newport News, from injuries suffered last Thursday when he fell on the tines of a pitchfork.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the residence, "Thorpland," at Tabb, with Rev. A. J. Renforth, of Yorktown, in charge. Interment was in the family burying ground.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Miss Caroline Sinclair; two sisters, Mrs. B. P. Tillery and Mrs. George W. McAllister of Hampton; and two brothers, Dr. Fay A. Sinclair of Newport News and Charles L. Sinclair of Hampton.
The fatal accident occured on his farm when Mr. Sinclair attempted to mount a wagon he had been loading with hay. His foot slipped from the spoke of a wheel and he fell on the prongs of a fork held in his hand. The tines entered the abdomen, puncturing the stomach. An operation was performed Friday in a vain attempt to save his life.
Thurs, 10 Oct 1935,
p1, c3
F. S. Sinclair Dies Of Pitchfork Injury
Frank Smith Sinclair, 52, York County farmer having many friends and kinsmen in Gloucester, died about six o'clock Saturday night at the Riverside Hospital, Newport News, from injuries suffered last Thursday when he fell on the tines of a pitchfork.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the residence, "Thorpland," at Tabb, with Rev. A. J. Renforth, of Yorktown, in charge. Interment was in the family burying ground.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Miss Caroline Sinclair; two sisters, Mrs. B. P. Tillery and Mrs. George W. McAllister of Hampton; and two brothers, Dr. Fay A. Sinclair of Newport News and Charles L. Sinclair of Hampton.
The fatal accident occured on his farm when Mr. Sinclair attempted to mount a wagon he had been loading with hay. His foot slipped from the spoke of a wheel and he fell on the prongs of a fork held in his hand. The tines entered the abdomen, puncturing the stomach. An operation was performed Friday in a vain attempt to save his life.
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