Fatal Boiler Explosion at Scottsburg.
Special Telegram to the Journal.
Scottsburg, Ind., May 18. - The boiler of a small portable engine used as a power to grind corn, and owned by David Maggard, about five miles from this place, exploded at 2 o'clock to-day, killing John Maggard and John Jenkins instantly. Other parties left the mill a few minutes previous to the explosion and thus escaped injury. The cause is yet unknown.
The Evening News, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Monday 20 May 1878.
The New Albany Ledger-Standard, New Albany, Indiana, Monday 20 May 1878.
John R Jenkins in the Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001
Name: John R Jenkins
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 25 Aug 1875
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Spouse: Alice Miller
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Fatal Boiler Explosion at Scottsburg.
Special Telegram to the Journal.
Scottsburg, Ind., May 18. - The boiler of a small portable engine used as a power to grind corn, and owned by David Maggard, about five miles from this place, exploded at 2 o'clock to-day, killing John Maggard and John Jenkins instantly. Other parties left the mill a few minutes previous to the explosion and thus escaped injury. The cause is yet unknown.
The Evening News, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Monday 20 May 1878.
The New Albany Ledger-Standard, New Albany, Indiana, Monday 20 May 1878.
John R Jenkins in the Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001
Name: John R Jenkins
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Marriage Date: 25 Aug 1875
Marriage Place: Indiana, United States
Spouse: Alice Miller
Page 640
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