Gibson County IN Archives News.....WORKMAN IS KILLED AT SOUTHERN R. R. SHOPS - C. M. SINCLAIR/SLINKER August 2, 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Handley mammawhandley August 23, 2008, 11:19 pm The Evansville Courier - Wednesday Edition August 2, 1916 C. M. Sinclair Would Have Been Relieved Soon--News of Princeton PRINCETON, Ind., Aug. 1,--(Special)--Claude M. Sinclair, aged 40, was instantly killed here this morning while working in the cinderpit at the Southern shops, when a steam pipe blew off and struck him across the breast over the heart. The pipe was under 400 pounds of pressure and weighed twenty- five pounds. He was working on a night shift and would have been relieved in five or ten minutes. When killed, he was blowing the cinders from an engine box. He has resided for several years. His is survived by a widow and four little children. He was born in Green county, Ky., Mar. 17, 1876. Additional Comments: Source: Microfilm of the Evansville Courier, which is available at Central Library, downton, Evansville, Indiana. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/gibson/newspapers/workmani6nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb