The Adams County News Obituaries, 1916
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania

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1916 Obituaries from The Adams County News in Gettysburg, Adams County Pennsylvania.

SMELTZER, Ross Obituary

Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 24 - Frank Wonderly, thirty-six old of Highspire, and Ross Smeltzer, fifty-two of Bressler, were instantly killed and William Martz of Bressler, was fly-burned as the result of an explosion of dynamite in a quarry near here. It is believed that the drill which the men were using struck a charge of the explosion which had failed to go off at a previous firing. [Adams County News, (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), October 28, 1916]

WONDERLY, Frank Obituary

Harrisburg, Pa., Oct 24 - Frank Wonderly, thirty-six old of Highspire, and Ross Smeltzer, fifty-two of Bressler, were instantly killed and William Martz of Bressler, was fly-burned as the result of an explosion of dynamite in a quarry near here. It is believed that the drill which the men were using struck a charge of the explosion which had failed to go off at a previous firing. [Adams County News, (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), October 28, 1916]