Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Markontio, Mike 1903 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patty Theurer seymour784@yahoo.com February 1, 2006, 12:49 am Payette Independent Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, June 4, 1903 CRUSHED TO DEATH. Just a the hour (8 o’clock) of going to press this morning a Greek named Mike Markontio, on a worktrain, was almost instantly killed by falling from a car under a wheel. The unfortunate man was throwing on ties at the end of a car, the train moving very slowly, when he lost his balance and fell under one of the front wheels of the car just behind. The accident was seen from the cab of the engine and the train was stopped before the wheel passed over the body of the man but his life had been crushed out. Coroner Delano is now holding an inquest. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/m/markonti1427gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb