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Farver Shoots Self in York County Farmhouse
Peter Dietz 37 a tenant farmer in Springettsburg township York county shot himself in the head with a 32 calibre Flobert rifle near York. He died shortly after leaving a wife and two sons. A hired girl and Mrs. Dietz found him after the shot in the room where he prepared a bed with a coat and pillow. Dietz had been worried over financial reverses. In Gettysburg five people escaped a car fire caused by fumes from a gasoline tank after a match sparked the blaze. The car rolled toward a pole but fire was contained. Mrs Yeagy and her daughter had hair singed. Bruce E Brown returns home after three years in the army with Troop F 11th Cavalry, having served in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Dietz
John C. Miller
Springettsburg
York County
Harry
Emory
Dietz
York
Sarah Rinely
Gettysburg
Luther Yeagy
Table Rock
Martin Kime
Kime
Carlisle Street
Chamberlain
Bruce E. Brown
Milton H. Brown
Hanover
11Th Cav
Honolulu