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Subject: [KYCHRIST] Nat McKee, b. ?, killed Sept., 1893
Date: 5 Feb 2004 20:13:43 -0700

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Surnames: McKee, Crutchfield
Classification: Obituary

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Mangled and Killed

Nat McKEE, one of the wealthiest and most influential farmers of Christian county, was literally blown in pieces at 10 o'clock Wednesday by a boiler explosion. A portable engine used for crushing stock was being repaired while steam was up. McKee and several negroes were standing near, when with a terrific report the boiler blew into fragments. McKEE was disemboweled and his heart and lungs torn from his body and scattered about the scene of the disaster. Jim CRUTCHFIELD, a negro man, was terribly burned and a little negro was nearly drowned. McKee leaves a wife and one child. (Source: Earlington Bee, Thur., Sept. 21, 1893)

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