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- Big Valley Gazette, 18 Oct 1894
Sad Accident
Leonard Bassett Falls From A Horse and is Seriously Injur
Death Relieves His Suffering
One of the saddest accidents that we have been called upon to chronicle,
occurred in our town Monday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock and resulted in
the death of Leonard Bassett, the fifteen year old son of Mrs. and Mrs. I.W.
Bassett.
The boy was helping Carlos Whitmore drive a horse through town, they we
going at full speed and when about 70 yards from the tin shop, his horse
stumbled and fell on his knees; the stop was so sudden that it threw the boy
forward to the ground with great force; his head striking the ground and
causing a serious fracture of the skull besides other internal injuries. The
boy was picked up unconscious and with blood streaming from his nostrils and
was taken to the Bieber Hotel, where Dr. Thrailkill was called to attend him.
The Doctor pronounced the injuries fatal and Dr. Cate, who was also sent for,
concurred in the opinion and at half past eleven o'clock that night the boy
breathed his last without regaining consciousness.
Isaac Leonard Bassett was born in Big Valley on the 9th day of February, 1879.
He was strong and robust, of steady habits, and promised to make a m
sterling qualities. His sudden death cast a gloom over the entire community
and the funeral, which took place in Hillside cemetery next day, was largely
attended by sorrowing and sympathizaing friends of the bereaved famil
DIED
BASSETT - In Bieber, Cal. Oct. 15, 1894, Isaac Leonard Bassett, aged 15 years,
8 months and 6 days.
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1879 - 1894 (15 years)