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The Cincinnati Daily Star
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
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John Kiefer, a Newport ice dealer, fell into a boiling vat at Pendleton Distillery this morning while getting slop for hogs, suffering horrific burns with skin sloughing off and no hope of recovery after medical aid.
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Shocking Accident at Newport.
John Kiefer, one of the best known ice dealers in Newport, whose residence is at the head of Monmouth street, that city, met with a horrible and perhaps fatal accident this morning.
Mr. Kiefer drove to the Pendleton Distillery, as has been his daily custom, to get slop for his hogs. Surrounding the large vat or tub that contains the slop is a platform, and while Kiefer was in the act of dipping out the swill the platform gave way, precipitating the unfortunate man head foremost into the boiling vat, where he remained fully five minutes before help reached him.
When taken out the skin dropped from his hips up, and the scalp actually fell from his head. A blanket was wrapped around the almost lifeless man and then he was taken to his home. Dr. Jeancon was called in and rendered all the assistance possible, but at 12 o'clock Kiefer was growing worse and his physician had no hope of his recovery.
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Newport
Event Date
This Morning
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severe burns; skin dropped from hips up and scalp fell from head; growing worse with no hope of recovery
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John Kiefer, an ice dealer from Newport, drove to Pendleton Distillery to get slop for his hogs. While dipping out swill from a vat, the platform gave way, precipitating him head foremost into the boiling vat where he remained five minutes before being rescued. He was taken home and treated by Dr. Jeancon.