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Domestic News
February 14, 1895
Bridgeton Pioneer
Bridgeton, Cumberland County, New Jersey
What is this article about?
Henry V. Humphrey, a 45-year-old Englishman, died by suffocation after being buried under rushing malt in an upstairs bin at the Lake View Malt House in Buffalo, N.Y., on Feb. 13.
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Smothered to Death in Malt.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 13.—Henry V. Humphrey, an Englishman, aged 45, met a horrible death by suffocation at the Lake View Malt house. Humphrey and two others had been sent to draw dry malt from an upstairs bin, through chutes, into a bin on the ground floor. While the malt was running Humphrey stepped into the upper bin and his feet were at once sucked under the rushing malt. His comrades were unable to rescue him, and before the chutes could be shut off from below his head was buried under four feet of malt. When dug out the man was dead.
BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 13.—Henry V. Humphrey, an Englishman, aged 45, met a horrible death by suffocation at the Lake View Malt house. Humphrey and two others had been sent to draw dry malt from an upstairs bin, through chutes, into a bin on the ground floor. While the malt was running Humphrey stepped into the upper bin and his feet were at once sucked under the rushing malt. His comrades were unable to rescue him, and before the chutes could be shut off from below his head was buried under four feet of malt. When dug out the man was dead.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Malt Suffocation
Industrial Accident
Buffalo Death
Lake View Malt House
What entities or persons were involved?
Henry V. Humphrey
Where did it happen?
Buffalo, N. Y.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Buffalo, N. Y.
Event Date
Feb. 13.
Key Persons
Henry V. Humphrey
Outcome
henry v. humphrey suffocated to death under four feet of malt.
Event Details
Henry V. Humphrey and two others were drawing dry malt from an upstairs bin through chutes to the ground floor. While the malt was running, Humphrey stepped into the upper bin, his feet were sucked under the rushing malt, and he was buried head under four feet of malt before rescue was possible.