Tragedy at the Cosmopolis Wharf
An epileptic fit claims the life of a local man when he falls into the Chehalis River.
The Clan McDonald brought down word this morning that one of the Fry boys, supposed to be Jason, was attacked with an epileptic fit and fell from the wharf into the Chehalis at Cosmopolis. Although he was hauled out of the water almost immediately by the crew of the Clan, when got on board life was extinct. He was about 35 years of age.
“Although he was hauled out of the water almost immediately by the crew of the Clan, when got on board life was extinct.”
The waterfront was the central nervous system of Grays Harbor life in 1892, where accidents were frequent and often fatal. This account highlights the lack of medical support infrastructure for those with chronic conditions in frontier mill towns.
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