Tragedy in the Timber
A seventy-year-old man dies instantly after being struck by a tree during a felling accident near Cedarville.
W. H. Sanders, an old gentleman living near Cedarville, was almost instantly killed by a falling tree Thursday. He was assisting his son, Lee Sanders, in cutting down a large tree when the accident occurred. The elder Mr. Sanders was about 70 years old and leaves many friends to mourn his sudden and unexpected demise.
“The old gentleman was about 70 years old and leaves many friends to mourn his sudden and unexpected demise.”
Work in the woods was the primary engine of early Aberdeen, and this story reflects the brutal, frequent reality of logging accidents in the late 19th century. Today, timber remains a cornerstone of the regional economy, though safety standards have evolved drastically from the era of manual crosscut felling.
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