Walter Seely
Personal
Gender: Male
Date of Death: December 4, 1899
Death Place: Sabinsville, PA
Walter Seely
Cut in Twain By Circular Saw
Walter Seely, of Sabinsville, a well known lumber manufacturer, met a shocking death at his own mill, located on the West Branch above Galeton, the afternoon of Dec. 4. No one knows how the accident occurred, for none of the mill hands were looking in Mr. Seely’s direction at the critical time. The first known was a cry of terror, and his body was discovered lying on the saw, which was tearing through his flesh back of the left shoulder and was nearly through his body when his clothing caught in the guides and stopped the saw. Mr. Seely asked for a drink of water and then relapsed into unconsciousness and died in a few minutes.
Mr. Seely was a hard working man and highly respected. He was familiar with machinery and operated a portable mill for some time between Westfield and Sabinsville. – Wellsboro Advocate.
Published in the Cameron County Press (Emporium, Pennsylvania) Thursday December 21, 1899
