Description: JOHN B. BATES accidentally killed under a tree while seeking shelter near Anderson Blount County,AL

Date: March 31 1887

Newspaper published in: Vernon, Lamar County, AL

Source: Microfilm - Alabama Dept of Archives and History

Page/Column: Page 3, Column 4

A very shocking accident occurred near Anderson, Blount County, on 23rd, a Mr. Jno. A. Bates had just returned to the field to plow when a cold rain and sleet began to fall, and he stopped by a large tree for shelter, when another tree fell upon him and crushed him into the ground. When he was found one of his hands was still on his plow handle, though his legs and arms were badly broken in several places, and the brains from his shattered skull were found sticking to the tree by which he was supposed to have been standing. He was a good man and leaves a wife and five little children.