Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Swank, Frederick W. 1914
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New Plymouth Sentinel 10-29-1914
New Plymouth Sentinel
New Plymouth, Idaho
Thursday, October 29, 1914

FRUITLAND MAN HAS FATAL ACCIDENT

Shotgun accidently Discharged and Enters Left Side 

Fred Swank the Fruitland blacksmith was fatally injured Sunday morning, when a 
gun accidently went off, the load going into Mr. Swank's left side. Mr. Swant 
was hunting ducks between here and Falk's Sunday and were returning home when 
the accident occurred. They were crossing a small ditch and a few mile east of 
town about 1:30 Sunday morning when the shot gun fell out of the buggy, 
exploding, the shot entering the left side, a little above the back of the 
heart. Dr. Drysdale and Dr. Wright of Fruitland were called and the injured 
man was rushed to the hospital at Ontario, where he died early Monday morning. 
The shot made a hole as big as the palm of the hand, and part of the shot 
entering the lung. The wound would not have proven fatal if Mr Swank could 
have recovered from the shock. He leaves a wife and a daughter and two 
brothers living at Payette.

Additional Comments:
Note: According to the Idaho Death Index, Frederick W. Swank was born 2-1-1882 
and died 10-26-1914. ch

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