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(Oct 3, 1864 - Oct 14, 1903)
Nickname:<NICK> Link Cause of Death:<CAUS> a coal mining accid ent Obituar y: Evening Gazzette, October 20, 1903, Page two. FELL TW O HUNDRED FEET, Link G aston Instantly Killed at Supier Mines Last Wes nesday. Link Gaston, a boss tim berman, at the Superior Coal Mines ea st of Dugger, met a horrible death last We dnesday afternoon about 2'o clock while being lowered into the mine in a large b ucket. Gaston ha d a miner's lamp on his cap which was lighted. Gas had accumula ted i n the mine and the blaze ignited the gas and an explosion followed. Th e ro pe attached to the bucket was burned into and Gaston fell to th e sump of the mi ne nearly 200 feet below. Death was almost instaniou s. Gaston's body was horri bly bruised. Gaston was about 35 years of a ge and leaves a wife and three child ren.
Events
| Birth | Oct 3, 1864 | Owen County, Indiana, USA | | | |
| Marriage | Feb 28, 1889 | Owen County, Indiana, USA - Coney Larkham Wright | | | |
| Death | Oct 14, 1903 | Sullivan County, Indiana | | | |
| Burial | | Antioch Cemtery, Sullivan County, Indiana | | | |
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