Jackson County IA Archives News.....Accident At Maquoketa April 14, 1865 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com November 29, 2010, 12:11 am Dubuque Herald, Dubuque, Iowa April 14, 1865 Dubuque Herald, April 14, 1865 ACCIDENT IN MAQUOKETA While firing a salute at Maquoketa last Monday on the reception of the news of Lee’s surrender, a cannon made in this city, burst, killing one man and breaking the leg of another. The mail carrier brought the news. The names of the men were not ascertained. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/newspapers/accident157nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb