History of Woodford County . 248 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY. Hammers; secretary, Miss Amanda Jennings; treasurer,Amos Marshall. The association gives promise of greatusefulness. A Sad of the most serious accidents that ever occurred inEureka was that in which W. E. Wyrick, city marshal, lost his life. It was his customto look after the pumpingfor the city water works,and went down to theplant early Tuesdaymorning, October had been there but ashort time when the muf-fler of the gasoline engineexploded and he was soseriously injured that hisdeath occurred in a shorttime. He
History of Woodford County . 248 HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY. Hammers; secretary, Miss Amanda Jennings; treasurer,Amos Marshall. The association gives promise of greatusefulness. A Sad of the most serious accidents that ever occurred inEureka was that in which W. E. Wyrick, city marshal, lost his life. It was his customto look after the pumpingfor the city water works,and went down to theplant early Tuesdaymorning, October had been there but ashort time when the muf-fler of the gasoline engineexploded and he was soseriously injured that hisdeath occurred in a shorttime. He succeeded indragging himself a shortdistance from the pump-ing station, and attractedthe attention of the peopleof the vicinity by callingfor assistance. Aid was of no avail. He died at 7 :15 A. was born in Pennsylvania, October 12th, 1868, and wasmarried to Miss Minnie Brandt in this city. He was a mem-ber of the K-nights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen, andhad made a splendid record as city W. E. WYRICK. 7/ £ 06815 wmm .?•?•?•? ?.?•??? sSssSs ? v.;,:-,: •?.??.?• ?•.- : ? ?? •? ,.,-,,;.,.•;,?:,;,?
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