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September 28, 1883
Daily Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
Thomas Bear, a hunter from Winslow township, Jefferson county, Pa., was killed when a tree he was chopping to get a treed raccoon split and struck him, severing his head and parts of his upper body. His body was found in the woods on Sept. 27.
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A TERRIBLE DEATH.
A Falling Tree Wipes Out a Raccoon Hunter.
BRADFORD, Pa., Sept. 27.—Thomas Bear, of Winslow township, Jefferson county went out hunting on Wednesday last. Not returning home a search was made for him. His headless body has been found in the woods a few miles from his home. His head and portions of his breast and shoulders were found in the brush twenty-five feet away from the body. A short distance beyond where the body lay a large tree had been felled. The trunk was chopped only half in two, and was split up for several feet. It is supposed that Bear was chopping down the tree to secure a raccoon which he had treed, when the trunk split in falling and one-half of it flying up struck him in the breast with such violence as to tear his head and shoulders from his body and hurl them to the spot where they were found.
A Falling Tree Wipes Out a Raccoon Hunter.
BRADFORD, Pa., Sept. 27.—Thomas Bear, of Winslow township, Jefferson county went out hunting on Wednesday last. Not returning home a search was made for him. His headless body has been found in the woods a few miles from his home. His head and portions of his breast and shoulders were found in the brush twenty-five feet away from the body. A short distance beyond where the body lay a large tree had been felled. The trunk was chopped only half in two, and was split up for several feet. It is supposed that Bear was chopping down the tree to secure a raccoon which he had treed, when the trunk split in falling and one-half of it flying up struck him in the breast with such violence as to tear his head and shoulders from his body and hurl them to the spot where they were found.
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
Disaster
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Tragedy
Catastrophe
What keywords are associated?
Raccoon Hunting
Tree Felling Accident
Headless Body
Fatal Injury
What entities or persons were involved?
Thomas Bear
Where did it happen?
Woods A Few Miles From His Home, Winslow Township, Jefferson County, Near Bradford, Pa.
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Key Persons
Thomas Bear
Location
Woods A Few Miles From His Home, Winslow Township, Jefferson County, Near Bradford, Pa.
Event Date
Wednesday Last
Story Details
Thomas Bear went hunting for raccoon, chopped down a tree to secure it, but the trunk split and struck him, tearing off his head and portions of his breast and shoulders, killing him.