Christopher Mercklinger

- 1893

• Name	Christopher Mercklinger
  Born	Dundalk, Melancthon Twp., Grey Co., Ontario
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-180924
  Died	16 Jul 1893	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I180924	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Two Men Killed at Berlin: Berlin, July 16: …there was a deafening clap of thunder and a flash of lightning. The lightning struck a brick house on Weber street in course of erection, and in which five carpenters were working. Two men named Christopher Mercklinger and Wesley E Learn, one of whom was working at a window in the second storey, and the other down stairs, were instantly killed….The injured persons were removed to their homes, and the dead were carried into the building and were subsequently taken away, Learn to his home and Mercklinger, who is a native of Dundalk, Ont., to the Council chamber.…The funerals will take place on Monday. Elmira Signet 20 July 1893 p. 8, col. 2-3

  
  

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  Born - - Dundalk, Melancthon Twp., Grey Co., Ontario Died - 16 Jul 1893 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth