Peoria County IL Archives Obituaries.....Guppy, Ward November 2, 1899
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Nineteenth Annual Report of the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1900
November 2,1899, Ward Guppy, driver, married, aged 23 years, was fatally injured 
by a fall of slate in the Winter’s Cooperative Coal Co.’s mine, at Bartonville, 
Peoria county; the mine was not working, but the deceased, with four others, 
were doing some repairing in the mine; they had finished their day’s work, and 
were coming out the entry to go home; they saw a pipe that was in the way of the 
cars running, and Guppy insisted that they stop to fix it; the others wanted to 
leave it until morning; finally they started to fix it; while at work a fall of 
slate took place which caught Guppy; when he was taken from under the slate it 
was found he was fatally injured. There was a slip that crossed the entry at 
this place, which was the cause of the fall. Guppy was taken home, where he died 
about four hours afterwards. Deceased leaves a widow and one child.

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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