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