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Eugene Gray Harrison

Birth
Rockport, Pike County, Illinois, USA
Death
19 Nov 1928 (aged 42)
Organ, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Burial
Rockport, Pike County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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He married Ella Catherine Blacketer on Oct. 26, 1908 in Pike County, Illinois.

1928 November 21, Wednesday "Herald and Review" (Decatur, Illinois) page 1
Kincaid Miner Killed in Fall in New Mexico. (by Associated Press)

LAS CRUCES, N.M., Nov. 21 -- Eugene Harrison, 46, Kincaid, Ill., fell to death in the shaft of the Torpedo mine at Organ, N.M., Tuesday. A bucket in which Harrison was being lowered caught on a projection in the shaft, overturning and precipitated him to the bottom.
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1928 November 21, Wednesday "The Decatur Daily Review," (Decatur, Illinois) page 8
Former Tovey Man Is Killed -- Drops in Shaft of New Mexico Mine.

Taylorville, Nov. 21 -- A message was received in Tovey late Tuesday afternoon stating that Eugene Harrison, forty-six, former Tovey policeman, was killed that afternoon in a copper mine at Organ, N. M. The Harrisons left Tovey some years ago for New Mexico in the interest of the health of their daughter.

Harrison fell to death in the shaft of the Torpedo mine at Organ. A bucket in which Harrison was being lowered caught on a projection in the shaft, overturning and precipitating him to the bottom.
Contributor: June Thomazin (47169125) • [email protected]
He married Ella Catherine Blacketer on Oct. 26, 1908 in Pike County, Illinois.

1928 November 21, Wednesday "Herald and Review" (Decatur, Illinois) page 1
Kincaid Miner Killed in Fall in New Mexico. (by Associated Press)

LAS CRUCES, N.M., Nov. 21 -- Eugene Harrison, 46, Kincaid, Ill., fell to death in the shaft of the Torpedo mine at Organ, N.M., Tuesday. A bucket in which Harrison was being lowered caught on a projection in the shaft, overturning and precipitated him to the bottom.
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1928 November 21, Wednesday "The Decatur Daily Review," (Decatur, Illinois) page 8
Former Tovey Man Is Killed -- Drops in Shaft of New Mexico Mine.

Taylorville, Nov. 21 -- A message was received in Tovey late Tuesday afternoon stating that Eugene Harrison, forty-six, former Tovey policeman, was killed that afternoon in a copper mine at Organ, N. M. The Harrisons left Tovey some years ago for New Mexico in the interest of the health of their daughter.

Harrison fell to death in the shaft of the Torpedo mine at Organ. A bucket in which Harrison was being lowered caught on a projection in the shaft, overturning and precipitating him to the bottom.
Contributor: June Thomazin (47169125) • [email protected]


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