From the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald Jan 24, 1899
A Sad Calamity
Some of the readers of the Review have no doubt seen in the daily papers a notice of the sad accident by which the well-known worker in our educational lines, Prof G. H Bell, lost his life. He was driving in, by appointment, from his little place in the suburbs of this city, to listen to the recitations of some of his private pupils, in the early part of the evening of January 16. The horse took fright at a flying piece of paper, and at once became uncontrollable. At a fearful rate of speed, the buggy came in contact with a trolly-wire pole, throwing Brother Bell forward on the heels of the horse; and by blows from the hoofs of the frightened animal, and contact with the frozen ground, his skull was fractured in many places. The buggy was demolished, but the horse was soon secured. The patrol-wagon was immediately summuned and within thirty minutes the surgeons at the Sanatarium were giving attention, but without hope, to the wounded man. He never regained consciounsness; and in half an hour after he reached the Sanitarium, he breathed his last.
The funeral was held in the Tabernacle the 19th, a larger congregation being in attendance than was gathered there on any similar occassion since the funeral of Elder James White, in 1881. Many of Professor Bell's old students being in the place, four of them- Dr J. H. Kellogg, Dr E. J. Waggoner, J. E. White, and J. C. Bartholf- took part in the exercises and paid an appropriate tribute to the good they had received from the former labors of Brother Bell. Six other of his students acted as bearers, as his remains were conveyed to the tomb. His last day of life, as many before it was spent in going about doing good, and in kindness to the poor.
written by U.S.
To see more info on G H Bell click on his picture and see the bio written there.
A Sad Calamity
Some of the readers of the Review have no doubt seen in the daily papers a notice of the sad accident by which the well-known worker in our educational lines, Prof G. H Bell, lost his life. He was driving in, by appointment, from his little place in the suburbs of this city, to listen to the recitations of some of his private pupils, in the early part of the evening of January 16. The horse took fright at a flying piece of paper, and at once became uncontrollable. At a fearful rate of speed, the buggy came in contact with a trolly-wire pole, throwing Brother Bell forward on the heels of the horse; and by blows from the hoofs of the frightened animal, and contact with the frozen ground, his skull was fractured in many places. The buggy was demolished, but the horse was soon secured. The patrol-wagon was immediately summuned and within thirty minutes the surgeons at the Sanatarium were giving attention, but without hope, to the wounded man. He never regained consciounsness; and in half an hour after he reached the Sanitarium, he breathed his last.
The funeral was held in the Tabernacle the 19th, a larger congregation being in attendance than was gathered there on any similar occassion since the funeral of Elder James White, in 1881. Many of Professor Bell's old students being in the place, four of them- Dr J. H. Kellogg, Dr E. J. Waggoner, J. E. White, and J. C. Bartholf- took part in the exercises and paid an appropriate tribute to the good they had received from the former labors of Brother Bell. Six other of his students acted as bearers, as his remains were conveyed to the tomb. His last day of life, as many before it was spent in going about doing good, and in kindness to the poor.
written by U.S.
To see more info on G H Bell click on his picture and see the bio written there.
From the Advent Review and Sabbath Herald Jan 24, 1899
A Sad Calamity
Some of the readers of the Review have no doubt seen in the daily papers a notice of the sad accident by which the well-known worker in our educational lines, Prof G. H Bell, lost his life. He was driving in, by appointment, from his little place in the suburbs of this city, to listen to the recitations of some of his private pupils, in the early part of the evening of January 16. The horse took fright at a flying piece of paper, and at once became uncontrollable. At a fearful rate of speed, the buggy came in contact with a trolly-wire pole, throwing Brother Bell forward on the heels of the horse; and by blows from the hoofs of the frightened animal, and contact with the frozen ground, his skull was fractured in many places. The buggy was demolished, but the horse was soon secured. The patrol-wagon was immediately summuned and within thirty minutes the surgeons at the Sanatarium were giving attention, but without hope, to the wounded man. He never regained consciounsness; and in half an hour after he reached the Sanitarium, he breathed his last.
The funeral was held in the Tabernacle the 19th, a larger congregation being in attendance than was gathered there on any similar occassion since the funeral of Elder James White, in 1881. Many of Professor Bell's old students being in the place, four of them- Dr J. H. Kellogg, Dr E. J. Waggoner, J. E. White, and J. C. Bartholf- took part in the exercises and paid an appropriate tribute to the good they had received from the former labors of Brother Bell. Six other of his students acted as bearers, as his remains were conveyed to the tomb. His last day of life, as many before it was spent in going about doing good, and in kindness to the poor.
written by U.S.
To see more info on G H Bell click on his picture and see the bio written there.
A Sad Calamity
Some of the readers of the Review have no doubt seen in the daily papers a notice of the sad accident by which the well-known worker in our educational lines, Prof G. H Bell, lost his life. He was driving in, by appointment, from his little place in the suburbs of this city, to listen to the recitations of some of his private pupils, in the early part of the evening of January 16. The horse took fright at a flying piece of paper, and at once became uncontrollable. At a fearful rate of speed, the buggy came in contact with a trolly-wire pole, throwing Brother Bell forward on the heels of the horse; and by blows from the hoofs of the frightened animal, and contact with the frozen ground, his skull was fractured in many places. The buggy was demolished, but the horse was soon secured. The patrol-wagon was immediately summuned and within thirty minutes the surgeons at the Sanatarium were giving attention, but without hope, to the wounded man. He never regained consciounsness; and in half an hour after he reached the Sanitarium, he breathed his last.
The funeral was held in the Tabernacle the 19th, a larger congregation being in attendance than was gathered there on any similar occassion since the funeral of Elder James White, in 1881. Many of Professor Bell's old students being in the place, four of them- Dr J. H. Kellogg, Dr E. J. Waggoner, J. E. White, and J. C. Bartholf- took part in the exercises and paid an appropriate tribute to the good they had received from the former labors of Brother Bell. Six other of his students acted as bearers, as his remains were conveyed to the tomb. His last day of life, as many before it was spent in going about doing good, and in kindness to the poor.
written by U.S.
To see more info on G H Bell click on his picture and see the bio written there.
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