Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Coykendall, Elsie 1902
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Belding Banner, 30 Oct 1902, page 1

Many Accidents!

A Number of Them Were Serious.

Death Came as Result of One.

Falling Brick Strikes Miss Coykendall.

There were several accidents in the city this week and one in the country about
two miles out in Orleans township.  One of them proved fatal and as a result
Miss Elsie Coykendall a most estimable young lady without a moments warning
surrendered her young life.

A brick fell from the scaffold of the laborer who at the time were working on
the east tower of the new silk mill striking Miss Coykendall on the head near
the temple with such force that she fell to the ground unconscious and remained
so nearly all the time until her death which occurred at 3:20 o’clock Tuesday
morning.

The unfortunate girl who was employed in the new fabric mill of Belding Bros. &
Co. as a loom operator got excused from work a few minutes before the noon hour,
intending to purchase some flowers and send to a sick friend in Petoskey where
her parents reside.  Just as she stepped out of the mill and off the platform
she stopped for a moment and the falling brick struck her, she was taken to the
office of Dr. Pinkham bleeding from the wound.

It was soon ascertained that she boarded at Chas. A. Cribb’s and was taken to
his residence, where everything possible was done for her.  It was at once
discovered that the injury was serious and Dr. Richard Smith, surgeon of
Butterworth hospital of Grand Rapids was summoned and performed the operations
of trephining.  The skull had not been fractured but a large clot of blood had
formed as a result of the terrific force of the blow, death from which could not
have been avoided by human skill.

Dr. Richard Smith was assisted in his operation by Drs. Pinkham, Morris and
Wilson.  It was most skilfully executed, revealing the fact that the fearful
concussion had been such as to preclude the possibility of her life being saved.

The Belding Bros. & Co. were greatly grieved over the unfortunate accident and
have done everything possible to render their assistance and sympathy.

Miss Coykendall was 22 years old and had been here only a few months.  She was
an excellent young lady and well thought of by her employers.

The grief of a sister who came Tuesday was pitiful in the extreme.

No blame is attached to the workman on the building as it was wholly accidental.
 Her remains were taken to Petoskey Wednesday morning, a brief service in which
Rev. H.N. Spear officiated being held at Mr. Cribb’s Tuesday evening at 7:30
o’clock.

W. B. Reed, C.A. Cribb, Mrs. Chas. Youngs and Allie Sabin the latter an intimate
friend accompanied the sister of the deceased on her sad journey home with the
body remaining until after the funeral.


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