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SPENCER MAN KILLED. Thomas Ferris Fell From Scaffold WhileWorking on Schoolhouse. While at work on a scaffold on topof the school building in SpencerThomas Ferris, a well known residentof that village, fell to the ground belowand was almost instantly killedyesterday. With W. W. Packmyre,Ferris was a work on the belfry ofthe schoolhouse. The scaffold brokeand both men went to the roof of thebuilding, thirty feet below. Packmyresecured a hold on the roof and heldhimself, but Ferris rolled to the edgeand fell thirty feet more to the ground,where he was found unconscious. Helived but a short time. Mr. Ferris wasfortyfive years old and a former residentof Waverly. He is survived byhis daughter and his father AndrewFerris both of Spencer. ELMIRA GAZETTE AND FREE PRESSTHURSDAY EVENING.SEPTEMBER 14, 1905.
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Note first obit says he leaves a son - second one says a daughter.
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SPENCER MAN KILLED. Thomas Ferris Fell From Scaffold WhileWorking on Schoolhouse. While at work on a scaffold on topof the school building in SpencerThomas Ferris, a well known residentof that village, fell to the ground belowand was almost instantly killedyesterday. With W. W. Packmyre,Ferris was a work on the belfry ofthe schoolhouse. The scaffold brokeand both men went to the roof of thebuilding, thirty feet below. Packmyresecured a hold on the roof and heldhimself, but Ferris rolled to the edgeand fell thirty feet more to the ground,where he was found unconscious. Helived but a short time. Mr. Ferris wasfortyfive years old and a former residentof Waverly. He is survived byhis daughter and his father AndrewFerris both of Spencer. ELMIRA GAZETTE AND FREE PRESSTHURSDAY EVENING.SEPTEMBER 14, 1905.
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Note first obit says he leaves a son - second one says a daughter.
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