The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, November 24, 1927
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FINDS DEATH DUE
TO ACCIDENTAL FALL
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Accidental death in tis the verdict o Edward Boyd, county coroner in the case
of Edward Mulroy, 65 years old, of St. Paul, who well[sic] into a pit at the Greely Stone Quarry near St. Paul on
November 8 and died tow hours later at the Major hospital here. The report of the coroner was filed this afternoon with the
clerk of the Shelby circuit court.Thursday, November 24, 1927
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FINDS DEATH DUE
TO ACCIDENTAL FALL
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There were no eye witnesses to the accident and workmen at the quarry gave the same version of the mishap. They said that Mrs. Mulroy had been wheeling coal to the edge of the pit when the accident occurred. The coroner gave as his verdict that the death of Mr. Mulroy was caused from crushing injuries when he fell the fifty feet to the bottom of the pit.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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