ILL-FATED BRIDGE WAS DREAMED OF
Workman Had Premonition of Danger.
SAW THE ACCIDENT IN SLEEP
THREE WHO HEARD DREAM ARE NOW DEAD SIX OTHERS ARE INJURED. From Selinsgrove comes a queer story of Lafayette Kelser, a mechanic on the ill-fated Mifflinville bridge, which on Monday killed seven men and Injured fifteen. A fortnight ago he had a vision of horrible accident. He told his fellow workmen of his dream and advised that they seek new employment. He reiterated just how in the vision he saw them falling into the swollen Susquehanna river and Imagined their dead and mangled bodies in the debris of twisted iron.
A W. Fahs. Charles Creitzer and Adam Musselman, all of Selinsgrove, to whom he told the story are dead to day as the result of the fulfillment of Kelser's dream, and Wm. Moyer, John Seescholts, John Fisher, Percival Reichenbach, Howard Reichenbach and William Weakling, all of Snyder county, and the first three of Selinsgrove are injured. Keiser dreamed that he noticed the structure was weakening and jumped into the river in time to save his life. Monday he had exactly that same unfortunate experience. Kelser left Bloomsburg Monday night immediately after the accident and was the first survivor to arrive at Selinsgrove. There are friends who a fortnight ago laughed at his dream greeted him as a prophet.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
14 Dec 1907, Sat • Page 6
Name: Adam W. Musselman
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1877
Marriage Date: 24 Jan 1901
Marriage Place: Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA
Father:
Samuel S. Musselman
Mother:
Musselman
Spouse:
Annie H. Covert
Film Number: 001293504
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Body found in 1908
Baptized 19 Jan 1877 in the First Evangelical Lutheran church, Selinsgrove, Snyder, PA
Married 24 Jan 1901 in Selinsgrove, Snyder, PA to Annie H. Covert , age 18, daughter of Joseph Francis Covert and Lydia Catherine Batdorf
Marital status: Married
Age: 31
Cause: (Mifflinville Bridge Disaster)
Occupation:
Residence:
Informant:
Buried:
Undertaker/Funeral Home:
Sources:
Birth: Pennsylvania & New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
Baptism: Pennsylvania & New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
Marriage: Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845-1963 Certificate #: 2372
Death:
ILL-FATED BRIDGE WAS DREAMED OF
Workman Had Premonition of Danger.
SAW THE ACCIDENT IN SLEEP
THREE WHO HEARD DREAM ARE NOW DEAD SIX OTHERS ARE INJURED. From Selinsgrove comes a queer story of Lafayette Kelser, a mechanic on the ill-fated Mifflinville bridge, which on Monday killed seven men and Injured fifteen. A fortnight ago he had a vision of horrible accident. He told his fellow workmen of his dream and advised that they seek new employment. He reiterated just how in the vision he saw them falling into the swollen Susquehanna river and Imagined their dead and mangled bodies in the debris of twisted iron.
A W. Fahs. Charles Creitzer and Adam Musselman, all of Selinsgrove, to whom he told the story are dead to day as the result of the fulfillment of Kelser's dream, and Wm. Moyer, John Seescholts, John Fisher, Percival Reichenbach, Howard Reichenbach and William Weakling, all of Snyder county, and the first three of Selinsgrove are injured. Keiser dreamed that he noticed the structure was weakening and jumped into the river in time to save his life. Monday he had exactly that same unfortunate experience. Kelser left Bloomsburg Monday night immediately after the accident and was the first survivor to arrive at Selinsgrove. There are friends who a fortnight ago laughed at his dream greeted him as a prophet.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
14 Dec 1907, Sat • Page 6
Name: Adam W. Musselman
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1877
Marriage Date: 24 Jan 1901
Marriage Place: Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania, USA
Father:
Samuel S. Musselman
Mother:
Musselman
Spouse:
Annie H. Covert
Film Number: 001293504
==============
Body found in 1908
Baptized 19 Jan 1877 in the First Evangelical Lutheran church, Selinsgrove, Snyder, PA
Married 24 Jan 1901 in Selinsgrove, Snyder, PA to Annie H. Covert , age 18, daughter of Joseph Francis Covert and Lydia Catherine Batdorf
Marital status: Married
Age: 31
Cause: (Mifflinville Bridge Disaster)
Occupation:
Residence:
Informant:
Buried:
Undertaker/Funeral Home:
Sources:
Birth: Pennsylvania & New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
Baptism: Pennsylvania & New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013
Marriage: Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845-1963 Certificate #: 2372
Death:
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