OBIT: Silas BALLOU, 1862, Susquehanna Township, Cambria County, PA

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The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa.
Thursday, 6 Feb 1862
Volume 3, Number 20

Terrible Accident 

An accident of a singular as well as heart-rending character occurred 
in Susquehanna township, this county, last week by which a man named 
Silas Ballou lost his life.  The unfortunate man was engaged at the 
time in assisting to run a saw mill belonging to Mr. John Lantzey and 
during one of the cold days in the beginning of the week, had occasion 
to descend to the lower portion of the building, to remove a mass of 
ice which impeded the revolutions of the wheel.  While thus engaged, 
the proprietor, who was unaware of Mr. B's locality, set the saw in 
motion. The result was that he was caught and drawn in by the wheel, 
thereby being crushed and bruised so sadly that he survived but a short 
time.  The deceased was probably fifty years of age, and was, we 
believe, unmarried.