Unusual causes of death - #70 (The Human Bomb)

 

Blown up during a performance



 

 

The Hickman Courier - July 11 1902, page 5



Unusual causes of death - #69 (Crushed in a tunnel)

 

Crushed in a tunnel

 

 

The Hartford Republican - March 14, 1902, page 3



Unusual causes of death - #68 (A fall from a hospital roof)

 

A fall from a hospital roof



 

 

Kentucky Irish American - April 12 1902, page 1



Unusual causes of death - #67 (Three limbs severed by a train)

Two legs and an arm severed

 

 

Paducah Sun - October 9th 1903, page 6



Unusual causes of death - #66 (Shooting at a gunpowder magazine)

 

Shot at a powder magazine

 

 

Paducah Sun - January 13th 1903, page 3



Unusual causes of death - #65 (Tortured to death by her family)

Tortured to death by her family

 

 

Citizen (Berea, Kentucky) - 26 September 1907, page 7

 

 



Unusual causes of death - #64 (Sucked off the porch)

 

Sucked off the porch

 

 

Bourbon News - 21st July 1905, page 8

 

 



Unusual causes of death - #63 (Thrown beneath the wheels)

 

Thrown beneath the wheels

 

 

Hopkinsville Kentuckian - 2 February 1905, page 8 

 

 



Unusual causes of death - #62 (Six killed by an exploding gun)

Six killed by an exploding gun

 



 

The Norfolk (Nebraska) Weekly News Journal - 14 August 1908



Unusual causes of death - #61 (39 men burnt to death)

 

39 men burnt to death

 

 

Valentine (Nebraska) Democrat - 23rd November 1905



Unusual causes of death - #60 (Follows advice - takes strychnine)

 

Follows advice - takes strychnine

 

 

Los Angeles Herald - 11th March 1905



Unusual causes of death - #59 (Gas explosion wrecks Mormon meeting house)

Gas explosion wrecks Mormon meeting house

 

 

 

Los Angeles Herald, 9th March 1905

Unusual causes of death - #58 (1500 killed in an explosion)

 

1500 killed in an explosion

 



 

San Francisco Call - 12th January 1899



Unusual causes of death - #57 (Passenger train explodes)

Passenger train explodes

 



 

The Yorkshire Evening Post - Friday 2nd August 1935, page 8

Unusual causes of death - #56 (Workmen electrocuted)

 

Workmen electrocuted

 

The Evening Telegraph - Friday 31st May 1940, page 6

Unusual causes of death - #55 (Roasted and strangled to death)

 

Roasted and strangled to death

 

Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Friday 19th March 1886, page 3



Unusual causes of death - #54 (Scalded to death)

Scalded to death

 

 

Newcastle Journal - Thursday 9th April 1863, page 3



Unusual causes of death - #53 (A baby eaten by a ferret)

A baby eaten by a ferret



          Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 15th April 1886, page 2



Unusual causes of death - #52 (Smashed against a wall)

Smashed against a wall

 



 

Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 15th April 1886, page 2



Unusual causes of death - #51 (Impaled on a metal spike)

 

Impaled on a spike

 

Rotherham Independent - Friday 4th April 1879, page 2



Unusual causes of death - #50 (He went blind and starved to death)

 

He went blind and starved to death

 

Dundee Courier - Monday April 24th 1905, page 5



Unusual causes of death - #49 (Cut in two on his first day at work)



Cut in two on his first day at work

 



 

Evening Telegraph - Tuesday July 11th 1912, page 5



Unusual causes of death - #48 (Asphyxiated during fumigation)

Asphyxiated during fumigation

 



 

Nottingham Evening Post - Tuesday 3rd September 1931, page 1

 



Unusual causes of death - #47 (Crushed by a 8 ton weight)

 

Crushed by an 8 ton weight



 

Weekly Mail - Saturday September 25th 1909 - page 1



Unusual causes of death - #46 (Killed by a false alarm)

Killed by a false alarm

 

Weekly Mail - Saturday January 27th 1906 - page 4



Unusual causes of death - #45 (An unwilling suicide )

 

An unwilling suicide

 



 

The Weekly Mail - Saturday March 4th 1882 - page 2 



Unusual causes of death - #44 (A fatal crushing and a scalding )

A fatal crushing and a scalding



 

Weekly Mail - Saturday 7th June 1884 - page 2



Unusual causes of death - #43 (Decaptitated by a relative)

Be decapitated by your daughter-in-law

 

 

 

Evening Express – Friday April 30^th 1897 – page 3

Unusual causes of death - #42 (Entombment and cannibalism)

 

Entombment and cannibalism in West Wheeling, Virginia

 

 

Merthyr Times - 27 February 1896 - page 8

If you are interested in seeing the bigger picture for which genealogy and cemeteries are just two small parts why not join the social history group on Facebook? 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/609806292391471/

     

Unusual causes of death - #41 (Get your face cut off)

 

Get your face cut off

 

 

Cardiff Times - 11th August 1906 - page 8

 

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #40 (Get mangled by coal wagons)

 

Get mangled by coal wagons

 

 

THE CARDIFF TIMES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30^TH  1907

 

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #39 (Getting thrown out of the window, by your Mum)

 

Get thrown out of the window - by your Mother.

 

 

 

CARDIFF TIMES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1903 – Page 9

 

If you are interested in seeing the bigger picture for which genealogy and cemeteries are just two small parts why not join the social history group on Facebook? 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/609806292391471/

 

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #38 (Put your head under a lorry)

Putting your head under a lorry

 

 

 

CARDIFF TIMES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS

SATURDAY AUGUST 6 1910 – Page 7

 

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #37 (Blow yourself up)

Blow yourself up

 

 

 

Cardiff Times - 1st February 1908, page 9

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #36 (Buried in red-hot ash)

Get covered by red-hot ash

 

Aberystwyth Observer – 6^th March 1902, page 2

Unusual causes of death - #35 (Eaten by her cat)

 

 

 

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5406, 11 August 1896, Page 2

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #34 (Burn to death or be shot)

Burn to death or be shot - your choice.

 

 

 

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1015, 19 May 1910, Page 5

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #33 (Suffocated and then roasted)

Suffocated and then roasted

 

 

Cambrian - 18th February 1910, page 8

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #32 (Think roasted and eaten by maggots)

Eaten by maggots

 

Weekly Mail - 6th June 1903, page 10

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #31 (Think - gassed, 400 years ago)

Miners gassed - 400 years ago

 

 

Evening Express - 28th June 1894

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #30 (A burglar suffocated)

Suffocated during a burglary

 

Evening Express - 6th February 1896, page 3

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #29 (Mangled in a machine)

Mangled by a bakery mixer

 

Cardiff Times - 30 December 1905, page 7

Unusual causes of death - #28 (Buried alive by the Germans)

Buried alive by the Germans?

 

Aberystwyth Observer - 31 March 1892, page 2

 

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #27 (“Eaten" by a tree)

Entombed inside a tree

 

Weekly Mail - 15th May 1880, page 2

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #26 (Starved then devoured)

Died a lonely death - then was eaten

 

Weekly Mail - 26 October 1910, page 2

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #25 (A burglar who "hanged" himself accidently)

He hanged himself accidently

 

Cardiff Times - 18 January 1902, page 7

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #24 (Sword swallowing going wrong)

The (predictable) end for a sword swallower

 

Weekly Mail - 31st Jan 1885, page 8

 

 

Unusual causes of death - #23 (He fell into boiling brewers liquor)

He fell into boiling brewers liquor

 

 

Monmouthshire Merlin - 8 August 1878, page 3