Cobb-Cherokee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thomas Wilcox January 1870
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Deaths Reported in Cobb County, GA, Newspapers - Vol I
Marietta Journal - Issue of January 14, 1870:
Death by the Explosion of a Pipe
A lad by the name of William Dickerson last week conceived an idea to have 
a "little fun" at the expense of his much loved friend, a young lad, Thomas 
Wilcox, and secretly filled a pipe with powder and tobacco, preparatory for a 
good smoke.  It was passed over to Mr. Wilcox and he began earnestly and 
vigorously to draw and whiff; an explosion not taking place immediately, gave 
him sufficient time to suck into the pipe stem a portion of the powder, when 
it ignited and exploded, forcing a flame of fire and hot tobacco liquid down 
his throat, burning him with intense severity, which was aggravated into 
inflammation of the lungs, from the effect of which he died in a few days 
afterwards.  This fatal circumstance occurred in Cherokee County, and is 
deeply lamented by Mr. Dickerson and friends.

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