Livingston County IL Archives Obituaries.....Decker, Levi December 7, 1899
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
December 7, 1899, Levi Decker, pumpman, aged 53 years, married, was fatally 
injured in J. E. Smith & Co.’s mine at Cornell, Livingston county. Deceased was 
employed by the above company to take the water out of an old mine, and as the 
water was lowered in the shaft the pump had to lowered also. In lowering the pump 
the steam pipe had to be disconnected on top; when in the act of lowering the pump 
the elbow caught on the timbers and disconnected a short length of pipe, which 
fell down the shaft about eighty feet, striking Decker on the head, crushing his 
skull. He was unconscious for fifteen hours, and died without recovering 
consciousness. He leaves a widow and five children, two of whom are dependent.

Additional Comments:
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900, Also 
the Second Annual Report of the Illinois Free Employment Offices; David Ross, 
Secretary. Springfield, ILL: Phillips Bros, State Printers; 1901

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