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1905 - FELL FROM A "FERRIS" WHEEL. WOMAN INSTANTLY KILLED AND HUSBAND SOON DIED IN ST. PAUL.

DateSeptember 13, 1905 PlaceOrange City, Iowa PublicationSioux County Herald
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St. Paul, Minn. - In the presence of thousands of visitors at the state fair at St. Paul, Minn., Thursday. MR. and MRS. SEVENTHAL, of Eau Claire, Wis., fell from the upper car of a Ferris wheel to the ground, a distance of nearly 100 feet.

MRS. SEVENTHAL was instantly killed and her husband was so badly injured that he died shortly afterward.

The accident created a scene bordering on a panic.

The car was descending and the seat in which they were seated broke, precipitating them to the ground.
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Sioux County Herald
Place
Orange City, Iowa
Date
September 13, 1905
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