Clark County NV Archives Obituaries.....Brockman, George April 3 1915
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Las Vegas AGE - April 3, 1915
LAS VEGAS AGE

4/3/1915



(1st article)



YOUTH HUNTING KILLS HIMSELF



ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF RIFLE BRINGS DEATH TO YOUNG GEORGE BROCKMAN



At four o'clock this (Saturday) afternoon, George BROCKMAN, 10 year old son

of engineer Geo. BROCKMAN, accidentally shot himself with a .22 calibre

rifle, dying within a few minutes.



He was out hunting with the NOBLITT lad and coming back down the creek they

stopped to sit down on the railroad track of the L.V. & T. to rest.  He had

the gun in front of him with his forehead resting on the muzzle when the

weapon was discharged.

The NOBLITT boy immediately ran in frantic haste to town for help.  Dr.

MARTIN secured a car and went as quickly as possible.  The poor lad was

found in a dying condition, unconscious, and before the sad party reached

town he was dead.

The bullet entered the centre of the forehead and penetrated the brain. The

terrible ending to the hunting trip of the two lads has cast a shroud of

gloom over the entire community.  The stricken father and mother and sister

have the sympathy outpoured from every heart, yet they cannot be comforted

for the loss of their only son.





LAS VEGAS AGE

4/10/1915



(2nd article)



A SAD EASTER



The joy of Easter Sunday was turned into morning [sic] in Las Vegas by the

death Saturday afternoon April 3rd, of George BROCKMAN, ten year old son of

Mr. and Mrs. BROCKMAN.  The Easter day was given over by the entire

community to an effort to show the deep sympathy of all for the sorely

stricken parents and sister in the untimely loss of their only son and

brother.



The funeral services were held at the Methodist church at four o'clock in

the afternoon.  Rev. Henry ROISSY rising from a bed of sickness to conduct

the services.  The floral offerings were many and beautiful selections and

the words of the pastor echoed the sorrow of every heart. The church was

crowded to its capacity with those who morned with those who could not be

comforted.  Six young boys, the close companions of the little lad whose

life had gone out acted as pallbearers, and the last words of sorrow,

comfort and hope were said at the services at the grave.



George BROCKMAN was a lovable boy, a favorite among his companions in the

school and Sunday schhool which he attended regularly, and only the

knowedlge that the Easter Day which for us was full of sadness, was for him

a glorious resurrection, can comfort those who mourn.



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