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Domestic News
November 17, 1848
Wisconsin Tribune
Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
James Rouse, a young man in Madison, died suddenly when a sand-bank collapsed on him while procuring sand, breaking his neck. Reported in the Madison Express on the 2nd instant.
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SHOCKING CASUALTY.—The Madison Express of the 2d inst., says:
"We are pained to announce the sudden death of James Rouse, an intelligent young man of our town, who came to an untimely end by the falling in of a sand-bank, where he had gone for the purpose of procuring sand. When removed from the position in which he was found, it was discovered that his neck was broken, which seemed to indicate that at the time the accident occurred. the young man was in a sitting posture. His death will be severely felt by a large number of friends, to whom his upright deportment had endeared him."
"We are pained to announce the sudden death of James Rouse, an intelligent young man of our town, who came to an untimely end by the falling in of a sand-bank, where he had gone for the purpose of procuring sand. When removed from the position in which he was found, it was discovered that his neck was broken, which seemed to indicate that at the time the accident occurred. the young man was in a sitting posture. His death will be severely felt by a large number of friends, to whom his upright deportment had endeared him."
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
James Rouse
Sand Bank Collapse
Madison Accident
Sudden Death
What entities or persons were involved?
James Rouse
Where did it happen?
Madison
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Madison
Event Date
2d Inst.
Key Persons
James Rouse
Outcome
neck broken, death
Event Details
James Rouse died by the falling in of a sand-bank while procuring sand; found in sitting posture with broken neck.