OBIT: William WILSON, 1889, Lower Chanceford Twp., York County, PA

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Drowned by Falling Over a Dam.

On Wednesday William Wilson, of Lower Chanceford twp., York county, while 
attempting to walk over the breast of the dam at Stokes' saw mill fell over the 
dam, a distance of about 30 feet, striking on a stick of square timber which 
stuck out about four feet from the bottom of the dam, breaking his left thigh in 
two places and also bruising his side.  He then fell into the water on his face 
and was drowned.  Deceased was 67 years old and leaves a wife and six grown 
children.

New Oxford Item, New Oxford, PA, October 18, 1889