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Domestic News
June 2, 1818
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
On Mr. Ward's farm on the Western Branch near Norfolk, a wind mill's bed stone burst, sending fragments through the mill; a colored miller was struck and killed just outside as he returned.
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NORFOLK, MAY 27.
The following singular circumstance took place a few days ago: A wind mill, on the farm of a Mr. Ward on the Western Branch, being in rapid motion, the bed stone by some unaccountable means burst asunder, with a noise similar to the report of a pistol, while the fragments forced their way through the weather-boarding of the mill with a violence scarcely conceivable. It would appear to be a fortunate circumstance that there was nobody in the mill at the time, but, as in the mysterious dispensations of Providence, safety is often found in the midst of the most imminent danger, so on this occasion the messenger of death found his way to a place of supposed security. The miller, a colored man, had left the mill only a few minutes before, but was returning and had got within a few steps of it at a moment the explosion took place, when a small fragment of the stone, passing through the side of the mill house, struck him on the head and instantly killed him.
The following singular circumstance took place a few days ago: A wind mill, on the farm of a Mr. Ward on the Western Branch, being in rapid motion, the bed stone by some unaccountable means burst asunder, with a noise similar to the report of a pistol, while the fragments forced their way through the weather-boarding of the mill with a violence scarcely conceivable. It would appear to be a fortunate circumstance that there was nobody in the mill at the time, but, as in the mysterious dispensations of Providence, safety is often found in the midst of the most imminent danger, so on this occasion the messenger of death found his way to a place of supposed security. The miller, a colored man, had left the mill only a few minutes before, but was returning and had got within a few steps of it at a moment the explosion took place, when a small fragment of the stone, passing through the side of the mill house, struck him on the head and instantly killed him.
What sub-type of article is it?
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Wind Mill Explosion
Bed Stone Burst
Miller Killed
Norfolk Accident
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Ward
Where did it happen?
Western Branch, Norfolk
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Western Branch, Norfolk
Event Date
A Few Days Before May 27
Key Persons
Mr. Ward
Outcome
the miller, a colored man, was struck on the head by a fragment and instantly killed.
Event Details
A wind mill on Mr. Ward's farm was in rapid motion when the bed stone burst asunder with a pistol-like noise, fragments forcing through the weather-boarding; the miller had left but was returning and was hit just outside.