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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1859 | |||
|Year Number=28 | |||
|Headline=New Yorker Dies Playing Base Ball | |Headline=New Yorker Dies Playing Base Ball | ||
| | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Tags=Hazard, | ||
| | |Location=New Jersey, | ||
|Text=<p>"Yesterday afternoon, THOMAS WILLIS, a young man, residing at No. 46 Greenwich-street, met with a sad accident while playing ball in the Elysian Fields, Hoboken. | |Country=United States | ||
<p>< | |State=NJ | ||
|City=Hoboken | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>"Yesterday afternoon, THOMAS WILLIS, a young man, residing at No. 46 Greenwich-street, met with a sad accident while playing ball in the Elysian Fields, Hoboken. Acting in the capacity of "fielder" he ran after the ball, which rolled into a hole about fifteen feet deep. Slipping and falling in his eagerness to obtain it, his head struck a sharp rock, which fractured his skull. Medical attendance was immediately procured, but the injury was pronounced fatal."</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p><span>New York Evening Express</span>, October 22, 1859, page 3 column 3. Posted to 19CBB on 3/1/2007 by George Thompson.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
|Coordinates=40.7439905, -74.0323626 | |||
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Text | "Yesterday afternoon, THOMAS WILLIS, a young man, residing at No. 46 Greenwich-street, met with a sad accident while playing ball in the Elysian Fields, Hoboken. Acting in the capacity of "fielder" he ran after the ball, which rolled into a hole about fifteen feet deep. Slipping and falling in his eagerness to obtain it, his head struck a sharp rock, which fractured his skull. Medical attendance was immediately procured, but the injury was pronounced fatal."
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Sources | New York Evening Express, October 22, 1859, page 3 column 3. Posted to 19CBB on 3/1/2007 by George Thompson. |
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