hee hee hee...

found this on JWZ's blog so credit goes to him for amusing me.

those wacky victorians. who knew obituaries could be so humorous. JWZ as pulled some of the early entertaining ones, so look there if you want a taste of what is posted. some are certainly boring, but i'll give a taste here.

Thursday, May 12, 1887
A terrible accident occurred in the rolling mill of the Hubbard Iron company, at Hubbard,, Ohio, shortly after 2 o'clock on the morning of the 6th. Engineer Griffith Phillipps, aged 29 years in passing around the ore crusher oiling the bearings, was caught in the wheels and dragged into the crusher. He was mangled out of all semblance of humanity, the flesh adhering to the clogs. He leaves a wife and 3 children.