Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Lund, Peter 1846 - 
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     PETER LUND, a resident of section 17, Greenleaf township, is one of the leading
farmers amd stock-raisers in the southern portion of the county. He was born in
Sweden, on the 15th of August, l846. His younger days were spent in his native land,
and in 1872 he came to the United States, and located in Minneapolis, where he
remained for eight years. He was at work in the Buell, Nutten & Co. flouring mill in
1878, when the terrible mill explosion occurred, in which eighteen were killed and
others seriously injured. His escape at that time was almost miraculous. He was
attending to the machinery, and a few moments before the disaster lie was talking
with a fellow-employe, named Peter Hogberg. The latter suggested getting some water,
but Mr. Lund told him to attend to the machinery and he would get the water.
Accordingly, Mr. Lund took the pail and started, having to go about 200 feet. He had
just stepped outside of the door, when he noticed a queer smoke coming from the
suction pipe of the Washburn A mill, which stood about 100 feet from the mill in
which he worked. He had only gone about 100 feet when the first explosion occurred,
and he was thrown to the ground. H scrambled to his feet and tried to run, when the
next explosion took place, and he was again thrown down. On his hands and knees he
crawled under a box car, and the debris was falling thick around him. A few moments
later he ran to where the mill had been, to rescue Hogberg, but he found the mill
leveled to the ground, and nothing was ever found of his companion except a few
pieces of bones and a knife blade. Out of all the men who worked in the three mills,
he, and one other, were the only ones who escaped unhurt.

  On March 27, 1881, Mr. Lund came to Meeker county, and settled in Greenleaf
township, where he still lives. Ho has a valuable farm of 210 acres of land, and has
splendid farm buildings. Mr. Lund was married January 1, 1875, to Anna Anderson, and
they have had seven children, all of whom are living, as follows— Charley A., born
March 5, 1876 ; Alma H., born November 23, 1877; Levi V., born January 23, 1880;
Minnie V., born May 5, 1882; Edward E., born November 12, 1883; Oscar T., born
September 27, 1885, and Amanda V., born January 27, 1888. The family are members of
the Swedish Lutheran Church.

  The parents of Mr. Lund were natives of Sweden. They came to America a number of
years ago, and are now residents of Meeker county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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