Last Saturday in the Town of Gibson, a boy named Stephen Shimonek, aged 13 yrs was engaged in marking logs upon a sled to which two horses were attached. While thus engaged the horses became frightened and started to run, the boy seized the lines and was thrown to the ground, one runner of the sled striking him on the shoulder and forcing him along the ground for a distance of several hundred feet. When found he was dead.
Manitowoc Tribune - Thurs, Mar. 29, 1877
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Manitowoc Tribune - Thurs, Mar. 29, 1877
info from 2manitowoc.com
Last Saturday in the Town of Gibson, a boy named Stephen Shimonek, aged 13 yrs was engaged in marking logs upon a sled to which two horses were attached. While thus engaged the horses became frightened and started to run, the boy seized the lines and was thrown to the ground, one runner of the sled striking him on the shoulder and forcing him along the ground for a distance of several hundred feet. When found he was dead.
Manitowoc Tribune - Thurs, Mar. 29, 1877
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Manitowoc Tribune - Thurs, Mar. 29, 1877
info from 2manitowoc.com
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birth 8 Cerv, death 24 Brez; son of V & M
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