Pickel, Henry - 1881

Horrible Railroad Accident.—
Henry Pickel, a resident of Lancaster city, met a horrible death on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lancaster on Friday last.  He was caught by a shifting engine which dragged him twenty feet, then hurled him head-foremost under the wheels, cutting him completely in two.  Mr. Pickel was a cripple and was compelled to walk with crutches.  He was wounded at the battle of Bentonville, N. C., in 1865.  He was married to a sister of Daniel Chohick, of this place, and paid him a visit just three weeks before the accident.  He was 40 years.  He was the father of three children.  He was interred in Lancaster cemetery on Sunday.
~ The Lititz Record, 23-Sept-1881, Page 3, Column 1

You can visit the memorial page for Henry Pickel.