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Cleveland Morning Leader
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
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In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a 6- or 7-year-old boy, son of the steamer Morgan L. Martin's owner, was fatally injured when the engine crank struck his neck, severing his head, while he played near the docked vessel.
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A few days since, while the steamer Morgan L. Martin was lying at the dock, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a son of the owner of the steamer, a boy some six or seven years old, was playing about the engine, and finally dropped something between the beams supporting the shaft, and stooped over to recover it. The engineer, entirely ignorant of the whereabouts of the boy, started the engine, and the crank revolving, came down and struck the boy on the back of the neck, completely severing his head from the body, without giving a moment's time for cry for help. The father being near, started, caught up the headless body, and the cry of "Oh, God!" which escaped the father's lips chilled the heart's blood of every one that saw that awful sight and heard that heart-rending invocation.
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Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Event Date
A Few Days Since
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boy's head completely severed from body, resulting in immediate death
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While the steamer Morgan L. Martin was docked in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a 6- or 7-year-old boy playing near the engine dropped something between the beams supporting the shaft and stooped to retrieve it. The engineer, unaware of the boy's presence, started the engine, causing the revolving crank to strike the boy on the back of the neck and sever his head. The father, nearby, picked up the headless body and cried out.