Clatsop-Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hoover, Edwrad October 29, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sheron Faynor nitwittwin@hotmail.com April 2, 2008, 6:43 am Monring Oregonian October 30,1904 Flying Iron Broke His Skull Logger In Camp Near Knappa Dies In Short Time Astoria,or.Oct.29.-(Special)- Edward Hoover was fatally injured while at work in the Kelly logging camp at Knappa yesterday afternoon. As a large log was being hauled bya donkey engine an iron hook flew out and struck Hoover in the back of the head fracturing his skull and lacerating his braiin.He was brought here about midnight for attendance, but died at an early hour this morning without regaining consciousness. Hoover was a single man about 30 years of age and recently came here from Virginia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clatsop/obits/h/hoover3901gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb