The son of Henry A. Duncan and Nancy Annie Woodland, Howard was 1 of 13 children. The family lived in St. Louis city, Missouri, Howard was married to Irene Kelly. They were the parents of 1 child.
Howard worked as a boiler maker for the Heine Safety Boiler Company in St. Louis.
On the morning of 05 Feb 1917, Howard was severely injured when a large piece of boiler equipment fell on him and a co-worker. The other man died immediately. Howard was taken to Christian Hospital with a broken leg, fractured ribs and other injuries.
Howard died at the hospital less than 4 hours later at the age of 42 years, 5 months and 25 days. His death was attributed to shock and the internal injuries he suffered when he was crushed in the accident.
He was survived by his wife, Irene; 1 daughter, Gladys Duncan; his father, Henry Duncan; 6 brothers, Edward Duncan, Walker/Walter Duncan, Govey Duncan, Amos Duncan, Shelby Duncan and Richard Duncan; and 2 sisters, Mary Duncan and Lulu Dickson.
Howard was preceded in death by his mother.
Funeral services were conducted at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of 08 Feb 1917 at the Bensiek Chapel located at 3710 North Grand Avenue in St. Louis. Burial was at Mount Olive in Robertsville, Missouri.
Children: 1 daughter.
Father of:
Gladys Duncan
Howard's known siblings:
William "Edward" Duncan, Sr.
Governor Elanzo "Govey" Duncan
Walter/Walker Duncan
Amos Lincoln Duncan
Shelby Farrie Duncan, Sr.
Richard R. Duncan
Mary Elizabeth Duncan Nations
Lulu Duncan Dickson
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Newspaper article:
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY TWO-TON WATER-LEG
Another Employe [sic] at Heine Safety
Boiler Co.'s Plant Severely
Injured.
One man was crushed to death and another was severely injured when a water-leg, weighing two tons, toppled over at 9 o'clock this morning at the Heine Safety Boiler Co.'s plant, 5319 Marcus avenue. The man killed was C. C. Proctor, 50 years old, of 5379 Ruskin avenue. Howard Duncan, 42 years old, living near Twentieth and Dodier streets, suffered a broken leg, several fractured ribs and internal injuries.
A water-leg is a big box-like vessel used for holding water before it is admitted to the boiler. This one was 7 feet high, 10 feet long and 10 inches wide, with walls of steel half an inch thick.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 05 Feb 1917; p. 1)
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Obituary:
DEATHS
DUNCAN--Entered into rest by accident on Monday, Feb. 5, 1917, at 12:20 p.m., Howard Duncan, beloved husband of Irene Duncan (nee Kelly), and dear father of Gladys Duncan, beloved son of Henry A. Duncan and dear brother of Edward, Walker, Govey, Amos, Shelby, Richard and Mary Duncan, and Mrs. E. Dickson.
Funeral Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 a.m., from the Bensiek chapel, 3710 North Grand avenue. Interment at Mount Olive, Mo.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 06 Feb 1917; p. 17)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in article and obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Howard worked as a boiler maker for the Heine Safety Boiler Company in St. Louis.
On the morning of 05 Feb 1917, Howard was severely injured when a large piece of boiler equipment fell on him and a co-worker. The other man died immediately. Howard was taken to Christian Hospital with a broken leg, fractured ribs and other injuries.
Howard died at the hospital less than 4 hours later at the age of 42 years, 5 months and 25 days. His death was attributed to shock and the internal injuries he suffered when he was crushed in the accident.
He was survived by his wife, Irene; 1 daughter, Gladys Duncan; his father, Henry Duncan; 6 brothers, Edward Duncan, Walker/Walter Duncan, Govey Duncan, Amos Duncan, Shelby Duncan and Richard Duncan; and 2 sisters, Mary Duncan and Lulu Dickson.
Howard was preceded in death by his mother.
Funeral services were conducted at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of 08 Feb 1917 at the Bensiek Chapel located at 3710 North Grand Avenue in St. Louis. Burial was at Mount Olive in Robertsville, Missouri.
Children: 1 daughter.
Father of:
Gladys Duncan
Howard's known siblings:
William "Edward" Duncan, Sr.
Governor Elanzo "Govey" Duncan
Walter/Walker Duncan
Amos Lincoln Duncan
Shelby Farrie Duncan, Sr.
Richard R. Duncan
Mary Elizabeth Duncan Nations
Lulu Duncan Dickson
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Newspaper article:
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY TWO-TON WATER-LEG
Another Employe [sic] at Heine Safety
Boiler Co.'s Plant Severely
Injured.
One man was crushed to death and another was severely injured when a water-leg, weighing two tons, toppled over at 9 o'clock this morning at the Heine Safety Boiler Co.'s plant, 5319 Marcus avenue. The man killed was C. C. Proctor, 50 years old, of 5379 Ruskin avenue. Howard Duncan, 42 years old, living near Twentieth and Dodier streets, suffered a broken leg, several fractured ribs and internal injuries.
A water-leg is a big box-like vessel used for holding water before it is admitted to the boiler. This one was 7 feet high, 10 feet long and 10 inches wide, with walls of steel half an inch thick.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 05 Feb 1917; p. 1)
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Obituary:
DEATHS
DUNCAN--Entered into rest by accident on Monday, Feb. 5, 1917, at 12:20 p.m., Howard Duncan, beloved husband of Irene Duncan (nee Kelly), and dear father of Gladys Duncan, beloved son of Henry A. Duncan and dear brother of Edward, Walker, Govey, Amos, Shelby, Richard and Mary Duncan, and Mrs. E. Dickson.
Funeral Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 a.m., from the Bensiek chapel, 3710 North Grand avenue. Interment at Mount Olive, Mo.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 06 Feb 1917; p. 17)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in article and obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
The son of Henry A. Duncan and Nancy Annie Woodland, Howard was 1 of 13 children. The family lived in St. Louis city, Missouri, Howard was married to Irene Kelly. They were the parents of 1 child.
Howard worked as a boiler maker for the Heine Safety Boiler Company in St. Louis.
On the morning of 05 Feb 1917, Howard was severely injured when a large piece of boiler equipment fell on him and a co-worker. The other man died immediately. Howard was taken to Christian Hospital with a broken leg, fractured ribs and other injuries.
Howard died at the hospital less than 4 hours later at the age of 42 years, 5 months and 25 days. His death was attributed to shock and the internal injuries he suffered when he was crushed in the accident.
He was survived by his wife, Irene; 1 daughter, Gladys Duncan; his father, Henry Duncan; 6 brothers, Edward Duncan, Walker/Walter Duncan, Govey Duncan, Amos Duncan, Shelby Duncan and Richard Duncan; and 2 sisters, Mary Duncan and Lulu Dickson.
Howard was preceded in death by his mother.
Funeral services were conducted at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of 08 Feb 1917 at the Bensiek Chapel located at 3710 North Grand Avenue in St. Louis. Burial was at Mount Olive in Robertsville, Missouri.
Children: 1 daughter.
Father of:
Gladys Duncan
Howard's known siblings:
William "Edward" Duncan, Sr.
Governor Elanzo "Govey" Duncan
Walter/Walker Duncan
Amos Lincoln Duncan
Shelby Farrie Duncan, Sr.
Richard R. Duncan
Mary Elizabeth Duncan Nations
Lulu Duncan Dickson
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Newspaper article:
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY TWO-TON WATER-LEG
Another Employe [sic] at Heine Safety
Boiler Co.'s Plant Severely
Injured.
One man was crushed to death and another was severely injured when a water-leg, weighing two tons, toppled over at 9 o'clock this morning at the Heine Safety Boiler Co.'s plant, 5319 Marcus avenue. The man killed was C. C. Proctor, 50 years old, of 5379 Ruskin avenue. Howard Duncan, 42 years old, living near Twentieth and Dodier streets, suffered a broken leg, several fractured ribs and internal injuries.
A water-leg is a big box-like vessel used for holding water before it is admitted to the boiler. This one was 7 feet high, 10 feet long and 10 inches wide, with walls of steel half an inch thick.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 05 Feb 1917; p. 1)
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Obituary:
DEATHS
DUNCAN--Entered into rest by accident on Monday, Feb. 5, 1917, at 12:20 p.m., Howard Duncan, beloved husband of Irene Duncan (nee Kelly), and dear father of Gladys Duncan, beloved son of Henry A. Duncan and dear brother of Edward, Walker, Govey, Amos, Shelby, Richard and Mary Duncan, and Mrs. E. Dickson.
Funeral Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 a.m., from the Bensiek chapel, 3710 North Grand avenue. Interment at Mount Olive, Mo.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 06 Feb 1917; p. 17)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in article and obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
Howard worked as a boiler maker for the Heine Safety Boiler Company in St. Louis.
On the morning of 05 Feb 1917, Howard was severely injured when a large piece of boiler equipment fell on him and a co-worker. The other man died immediately. Howard was taken to Christian Hospital with a broken leg, fractured ribs and other injuries.
Howard died at the hospital less than 4 hours later at the age of 42 years, 5 months and 25 days. His death was attributed to shock and the internal injuries he suffered when he was crushed in the accident.
He was survived by his wife, Irene; 1 daughter, Gladys Duncan; his father, Henry Duncan; 6 brothers, Edward Duncan, Walker/Walter Duncan, Govey Duncan, Amos Duncan, Shelby Duncan and Richard Duncan; and 2 sisters, Mary Duncan and Lulu Dickson.
Howard was preceded in death by his mother.
Funeral services were conducted at 6:30 a.m. on the morning of 08 Feb 1917 at the Bensiek Chapel located at 3710 North Grand Avenue in St. Louis. Burial was at Mount Olive in Robertsville, Missouri.
Children: 1 daughter.
Father of:
Gladys Duncan
Howard's known siblings:
William "Edward" Duncan, Sr.
Governor Elanzo "Govey" Duncan
Walter/Walker Duncan
Amos Lincoln Duncan
Shelby Farrie Duncan, Sr.
Richard R. Duncan
Mary Elizabeth Duncan Nations
Lulu Duncan Dickson
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Newspaper article:
MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH
BY TWO-TON WATER-LEG
Another Employe [sic] at Heine Safety
Boiler Co.'s Plant Severely
Injured.
One man was crushed to death and another was severely injured when a water-leg, weighing two tons, toppled over at 9 o'clock this morning at the Heine Safety Boiler Co.'s plant, 5319 Marcus avenue. The man killed was C. C. Proctor, 50 years old, of 5379 Ruskin avenue. Howard Duncan, 42 years old, living near Twentieth and Dodier streets, suffered a broken leg, several fractured ribs and internal injuries.
A water-leg is a big box-like vessel used for holding water before it is admitted to the boiler. This one was 7 feet high, 10 feet long and 10 inches wide, with walls of steel half an inch thick.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 05 Feb 1917; p. 1)
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Obituary:
DEATHS
DUNCAN--Entered into rest by accident on Monday, Feb. 5, 1917, at 12:20 p.m., Howard Duncan, beloved husband of Irene Duncan (nee Kelly), and dear father of Gladys Duncan, beloved son of Henry A. Duncan and dear brother of Edward, Walker, Govey, Amos, Shelby, Richard and Mary Duncan, and Mrs. E. Dickson.
Funeral Thursday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 a.m., from the Bensiek chapel, 3710 North Grand avenue. Interment at Mount Olive, Mo.
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 06 Feb 1917; p. 17)
Note: All spelling, capitalization and punctuation marks in article and obituary are exactly as they appeared in the original text.
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