son of Rufus Streeter &
Sally (Fisher) Streeter
Killed at his father's residence in Rowe, Mass., Milton Streeter, 20. This young man came to an untimely end by blasting a log before his father's door simply for diversion. It appears that he touched the train of powder with fire, and depended upon starting back for safety, but too late the log burst instantly, and about one quarter of it struck him on the forehead and fractured his skull in a shocking manner. What rendered the circumstances still more poignant, was the fact his father was an eye witness to the scene.
[published Saturday, July 22, 1837 in The Columbian Register, New Haven, Conn.; The Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.; published Thursday, July 20, 1837 in The Dedham Patriot, Dedham, Mass.]
Sally (Fisher) Streeter
Killed at his father's residence in Rowe, Mass., Milton Streeter, 20. This young man came to an untimely end by blasting a log before his father's door simply for diversion. It appears that he touched the train of powder with fire, and depended upon starting back for safety, but too late the log burst instantly, and about one quarter of it struck him on the forehead and fractured his skull in a shocking manner. What rendered the circumstances still more poignant, was the fact his father was an eye witness to the scene.
[published Saturday, July 22, 1837 in The Columbian Register, New Haven, Conn.; The Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.; published Thursday, July 20, 1837 in The Dedham Patriot, Dedham, Mass.]
son of Rufus Streeter &
Sally (Fisher) Streeter
Killed at his father's residence in Rowe, Mass., Milton Streeter, 20. This young man came to an untimely end by blasting a log before his father's door simply for diversion. It appears that he touched the train of powder with fire, and depended upon starting back for safety, but too late the log burst instantly, and about one quarter of it struck him on the forehead and fractured his skull in a shocking manner. What rendered the circumstances still more poignant, was the fact his father was an eye witness to the scene.
[published Saturday, July 22, 1837 in The Columbian Register, New Haven, Conn.; The Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.; published Thursday, July 20, 1837 in The Dedham Patriot, Dedham, Mass.]
Sally (Fisher) Streeter
Killed at his father's residence in Rowe, Mass., Milton Streeter, 20. This young man came to an untimely end by blasting a log before his father's door simply for diversion. It appears that he touched the train of powder with fire, and depended upon starting back for safety, but too late the log burst instantly, and about one quarter of it struck him on the forehead and fractured his skull in a shocking manner. What rendered the circumstances still more poignant, was the fact his father was an eye witness to the scene.
[published Saturday, July 22, 1837 in The Columbian Register, New Haven, Conn.; The Trumpet and Universalist Magazine, Boston, Mass.; published Thursday, July 20, 1837 in The Dedham Patriot, Dedham, Mass.]
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Milton Streeter was killed by blasting a log July 3 1837 aged 20
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