Mercer County KyArchives News.....Lad Crushed To A Pulp June 27, 1908 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gaye Hill genealogygjh@yahoo.com March 29, 2011, 12:37 am The KY Evening Gazette, Lexington, KY Newspaper June 27, 1908 Fred Noel Birth: 1895 Death: Jun. 26, 1908 Harrodsburg Mercer County Kentucky, USA The Kentucky Evening Gazette, Lexington, KY newspaper Sunday 28 June 1908 LAD CRUSHED TO A PULP Harrodsburg, KY, June 27 - FRED NOEL, aged 13 years, son of W. B. NOEL, a tenant on the Goddard farm, a short distance from town on the Lexington pike, was crushed to death under a heavy roller shortly before noon Friday. The little fellow had been rolling some land, driving a team of mules, and had finished and was starting to drive to the barn, when the roller struck a rock, throwing the boy in front of the heavy implement. The roller passed over his body, crushing it to a pulp. The remains were so badly mashed and torn that it was necessary to gather them up in a shovel. The NOELs are among the most prominent people in the county and the frightful death of the little boy has caused universal sorrow. *Also posted on GenDisasters.com Burial: Unknown Find A Grave Memorial# 67598308 Additional Comments: I am ***NOT*** researching this family, I just happened to see the news account, since it is between census years, I just wanted to post it somewhere for the people who ARE searching for this boy. Consider it "a random act of genealogical kindness". I hope this helps someone's family tree. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/mercer/newspapers/ladcrush530gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/