Perry County PA Archives News.....Peal, Wm - Horrible Accident February 2, 1860
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The Altoona Tribune. (Altoona, Pa.), February 02, 1860 February 2, 1860
Peal, Wm - Horrible Accident
It is with the deepest sorrow that we announce the sudden and horrible death, on
Monday morning last, of Mr. William Peal, of Bloomfield, Perry county. Whilst
attending to the engine in his steam tannery, in that place, he was caught by the
shaft, which whirled him around about 150 times, mangling his body in a horrible
manner. His breast was crushed in, his collar-bone broken, his left arm broken in
three places, his toenails and some of his finger nails torn off, and his clothes
stripped from his body. He was immediately carried to his house and died in about an
hour after the incident. He was one of the most wealthy and influential citizens of
the place, and a kind, and affectionate husband and father. He leaves a wife and
four children to mourn his untimely end. 

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