BLAST KILLS FARMER-
ARCHIE GORRIE, near Deming, hurled 300 feet to death
While clearing land on his farm on the Middle Fork of the Nookscak river, about four miles from Deming this morning, Archie Gorrie, 62 years of age was instantly killed when a powder explosion blew him about 300 feet, breaking every bone in his body, it is said. The theory of neighbours is that Gorrie had missed a shot, but that he did not think so, and that he was standing over the shot about to set off another one beneath the stump, when the explosion occured. Only part of the stump was blown out.
Elmer Kinney was working with Mr. Gorrie but he had gone up the road with the Gorrie family to take them out of range, as the blasting was being done near the house. He, therefore, did not see the accident. Corner Max Mehlig was summoned and the body was brought to Bellingham this afternoon by Harry O. Bingham. Gorrie had lived on the Middle Fork off and on for several years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter Fannie Gorrie.
The Bellingham Herald, January 26, 1921
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Funeral services for Archibald Gorrie, who was accidently killed while blasting near Deming on January 25, will be held Thursday, January 27, at 2 o'clock p. m. from the Presbyterian church at Acme, Rev. Landes officiating. Besides his wife, Lillian G. Gorrie, he is survived by one daughter Frances; two brothers N. G. Gorrie, Saxon, and William Gorrie, Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters in the East. Interment will take place in the Saxon cemetery under the directions of Harry O. Bingham, Bellingham.
The Bellingham Herald, January 28, 1921
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GORY/GORRIE, Archibald (d. 1921) - DEMING, Jan. 27 - Archibald Gory was killed by a premature dynamite charge while blasting stumps on his farm about five miles northeast of Deming last Tuesday morning. Mr. Gory who was of Canadian birth was at the time of his death 61 years of age. He was a marble-cutter by trade having worked for many years in the marble yards of Bellingham and Tacoma but spending a great deal of time on his ranch here. He leaves aside from his wife, two brothers, N. C. Gory, a well known farmer of Saxon; another brother who resides in Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters who live in Massachusetts. Mr. Gory was a highly respected citizen and was widely known for having a remarkable personality.
ARCHIE GORRIE, near Deming, hurled 300 feet to death
While clearing land on his farm on the Middle Fork of the Nookscak river, about four miles from Deming this morning, Archie Gorrie, 62 years of age was instantly killed when a powder explosion blew him about 300 feet, breaking every bone in his body, it is said. The theory of neighbours is that Gorrie had missed a shot, but that he did not think so, and that he was standing over the shot about to set off another one beneath the stump, when the explosion occured. Only part of the stump was blown out.
Elmer Kinney was working with Mr. Gorrie but he had gone up the road with the Gorrie family to take them out of range, as the blasting was being done near the house. He, therefore, did not see the accident. Corner Max Mehlig was summoned and the body was brought to Bellingham this afternoon by Harry O. Bingham. Gorrie had lived on the Middle Fork off and on for several years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter Fannie Gorrie.
The Bellingham Herald, January 26, 1921
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Funeral services for Archibald Gorrie, who was accidently killed while blasting near Deming on January 25, will be held Thursday, January 27, at 2 o'clock p. m. from the Presbyterian church at Acme, Rev. Landes officiating. Besides his wife, Lillian G. Gorrie, he is survived by one daughter Frances; two brothers N. G. Gorrie, Saxon, and William Gorrie, Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters in the East. Interment will take place in the Saxon cemetery under the directions of Harry O. Bingham, Bellingham.
The Bellingham Herald, January 28, 1921
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GORY/GORRIE, Archibald (d. 1921) - DEMING, Jan. 27 - Archibald Gory was killed by a premature dynamite charge while blasting stumps on his farm about five miles northeast of Deming last Tuesday morning. Mr. Gory who was of Canadian birth was at the time of his death 61 years of age. He was a marble-cutter by trade having worked for many years in the marble yards of Bellingham and Tacoma but spending a great deal of time on his ranch here. He leaves aside from his wife, two brothers, N. C. Gory, a well known farmer of Saxon; another brother who resides in Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters who live in Massachusetts. Mr. Gory was a highly respected citizen and was widely known for having a remarkable personality.
BLAST KILLS FARMER-
ARCHIE GORRIE, near Deming, hurled 300 feet to death
While clearing land on his farm on the Middle Fork of the Nookscak river, about four miles from Deming this morning, Archie Gorrie, 62 years of age was instantly killed when a powder explosion blew him about 300 feet, breaking every bone in his body, it is said. The theory of neighbours is that Gorrie had missed a shot, but that he did not think so, and that he was standing over the shot about to set off another one beneath the stump, when the explosion occured. Only part of the stump was blown out.
Elmer Kinney was working with Mr. Gorrie but he had gone up the road with the Gorrie family to take them out of range, as the blasting was being done near the house. He, therefore, did not see the accident. Corner Max Mehlig was summoned and the body was brought to Bellingham this afternoon by Harry O. Bingham. Gorrie had lived on the Middle Fork off and on for several years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter Fannie Gorrie.
The Bellingham Herald, January 26, 1921
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Funeral services for Archibald Gorrie, who was accidently killed while blasting near Deming on January 25, will be held Thursday, January 27, at 2 o'clock p. m. from the Presbyterian church at Acme, Rev. Landes officiating. Besides his wife, Lillian G. Gorrie, he is survived by one daughter Frances; two brothers N. G. Gorrie, Saxon, and William Gorrie, Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters in the East. Interment will take place in the Saxon cemetery under the directions of Harry O. Bingham, Bellingham.
The Bellingham Herald, January 28, 1921
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GORY/GORRIE, Archibald (d. 1921) - DEMING, Jan. 27 - Archibald Gory was killed by a premature dynamite charge while blasting stumps on his farm about five miles northeast of Deming last Tuesday morning. Mr. Gory who was of Canadian birth was at the time of his death 61 years of age. He was a marble-cutter by trade having worked for many years in the marble yards of Bellingham and Tacoma but spending a great deal of time on his ranch here. He leaves aside from his wife, two brothers, N. C. Gory, a well known farmer of Saxon; another brother who resides in Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters who live in Massachusetts. Mr. Gory was a highly respected citizen and was widely known for having a remarkable personality.
ARCHIE GORRIE, near Deming, hurled 300 feet to death
While clearing land on his farm on the Middle Fork of the Nookscak river, about four miles from Deming this morning, Archie Gorrie, 62 years of age was instantly killed when a powder explosion blew him about 300 feet, breaking every bone in his body, it is said. The theory of neighbours is that Gorrie had missed a shot, but that he did not think so, and that he was standing over the shot about to set off another one beneath the stump, when the explosion occured. Only part of the stump was blown out.
Elmer Kinney was working with Mr. Gorrie but he had gone up the road with the Gorrie family to take them out of range, as the blasting was being done near the house. He, therefore, did not see the accident. Corner Max Mehlig was summoned and the body was brought to Bellingham this afternoon by Harry O. Bingham. Gorrie had lived on the Middle Fork off and on for several years. He is survived by his widow and one daughter Fannie Gorrie.
The Bellingham Herald, January 26, 1921
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Funeral services for Archibald Gorrie, who was accidently killed while blasting near Deming on January 25, will be held Thursday, January 27, at 2 o'clock p. m. from the Presbyterian church at Acme, Rev. Landes officiating. Besides his wife, Lillian G. Gorrie, he is survived by one daughter Frances; two brothers N. G. Gorrie, Saxon, and William Gorrie, Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters in the East. Interment will take place in the Saxon cemetery under the directions of Harry O. Bingham, Bellingham.
The Bellingham Herald, January 28, 1921
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GORY/GORRIE, Archibald (d. 1921) - DEMING, Jan. 27 - Archibald Gory was killed by a premature dynamite charge while blasting stumps on his farm about five miles northeast of Deming last Tuesday morning. Mr. Gory who was of Canadian birth was at the time of his death 61 years of age. He was a marble-cutter by trade having worked for many years in the marble yards of Bellingham and Tacoma but spending a great deal of time on his ranch here. He leaves aside from his wife, two brothers, N. C. Gory, a well known farmer of Saxon; another brother who resides in Vancouver, B. C.; and two sisters who live in Massachusetts. Mr. Gory was a highly respected citizen and was widely known for having a remarkable personality.
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