This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: House Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FMB.2ACE/2375 Message Board Post: Sedalia Daily Democrat, Saturday, October 31, 1874, p. 4 A Sad Accident Florence House, son of Dr. G.W. House, of Greenridge, a very promising lad of fifteen years, met with an accident Thursday evening which resulted in his death five minutes later. He removed a gun from a wagon, and in doing so he struck the hammer which caused the discharge of one barrel, the contents of which entered his nose and face, carrying away one side of his face and head. He only lived about five minutes, never spoke after the accident. Such casualties are too painfully frequent; there seems to be a fatality about such accidents, and yet there appears to be a criminal carelessness on the part of the young and old, in handling firearms. We extend to our friend, the Doctor and to his affflicted family, our sincere sympathy, in this the time of their great sorrow.