San Francisco County CA Archives Obituaries.....Rawlins, Jerrard O. December 8, 1869
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Daily Alta California, December 9, 1869
Daily Alta California, December 9, 1869 (Thursday).  Page 1, Column 2.

“DEATH OF J. O. RAWLINS. 

Some few weeks since, at the explosion at the Golden Gate Sugar Refinery, 
caused by the bursting of a centrifugal pan, Mr. J[errard] O. Rawlins met with 
a most serious accident, which terminated in his death at half-past eleven 
o’clock yesterday morning [December 8]. The refinery had commenced operations 
for the first time, and Mr. Rawlins, who was interested in the Company, in 
connection with his partners went to the establishment during the latter part 
of the evening to see how everything worked. They had been there but a short 
time when the sad accident occurred, the immediate cause being a flaw in one of 
the pieces of iron.  Mr. Rawlins was conveyed to his home, and a few days 
afterwards suffered an amputation of the leg, and for days it was hoped that he 
would survive his injuries.  Deceased was, at the time of his death, Collector 
of Internal Revenue for this district, and was a brother of the late General J
[ohn] A[aron] Rawlins, Secretary of War.  He has been in this State for a 
number of years, and was esteemed and beloved by all who knew him.  He was 37 
years of age and a member of Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 44, F. and A. M., under 
whose auspices the funeral will take place to-morrow [December 10] at 1 p.m.” 
END

AND

Sacramento Daily Union, November 4, 1869 (Thursday), Page 2, Column 3.

“E. [Jerrard O.] Rawlins, United States Revenue Collector, was injured last 
week by the Sugar Refinery accident. His recovery is extremely doubtful.” END

Sacramento Daily Union, November 20, 1869 (Saturday), Page 4, Column 1.
“The surgeons in attendance upon Collector Rawlins, whose leg was broken some 
days ago, were obliged to amputate it yesterday afternoon. The present symptoms 
are said to be unfavorable.” END

AND

Sacramento Daily Union, December 9, 1869 (Thursday), Page 3, Column 3.

“BY TELEGRAPH TO THE UNION.  Death of J. O. Rawlins. This forenoon at half-past 
11 o'clock, J[errard] O. Rawlins, who was injured some weeks ago by the 
bursting of the drying-pan at the Golden Gate Sugar Refinery, breathed his 
last. He was 37 years old, was a brother of the late Secretary of War [James 
Aaron Rawlins], and at the time of his death was the Collector of Internal 
Revenue for the San Francisco district.” END

AND

Sacramento Daily Union, December 9, 1869 (Thursday), Page 2, Column 1.

“J[errard] O. Rawlins, Collector of Internal Revenue at San Francisco, and 
brother of the late Secretary of War, died yesterday, in the thirty-seventh 
year of his age, from the effects of an injury received some weeks ago by the 
bursting of a drying-pan at the sugar refinery.” END

AND

Sacramento Daily Union, December 10, 1869 (Friday), Page 2, Column 5.

“DIED.  In San Francisco, Dec. 8th, Jerrard O. Rawlins, aged 40 years.” END


Additional Comments:
Note that there are several newspaper items posted here related to the accident 
and his death.

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