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Jasper "Jap" Beers

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Death Date: November 18, 1907
Age at Death: 35

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Cemetery Location: Leadville, Colorado

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Eagle County Blade page 1 - November 28, 1907

BOILER BURST. ACCIDENT AT HYDE'S MILL IN WHICH ONE MAN LOSES HIS LIFE.
Avon, Colo., November 23.--(Regular Correspondence.)--A sad accident occurred November 18th, 1907, at Hyde's sawmill, located four miles above Avon on Beaver creek, which resulted in the death of Jasper BEERS, aged 35 years, of this place.
Mr. and Mrs. BEERS came here from Leadville early in the spring, Mr. BEERS renting a part of Mr. OFFERSON's ranch. At the time of the accident he was hauling lumber from the mill to the railroad at this place.
On the morning of the accident he had gone to the mill for a load of lumber and was standing in the boiler room warming when suddenly the boiler exploded, demolishing the end of the building and hurling BEERS a distance of thirty feet.
He was picked up by J. L. JONES, the engineer, and Mr. HYDE, frightfully scalded and taken to his home at Avon by Messrs. HYDE and JONES with all possible haste. Medical aid was summoned and all possible was done for the injured man but his condition gradually grew worse and he was started to a Leadville hospital on No. 2 on the morning of the 22nd inst., but expired when the train reached Tennessee Pass.
Jap, as he was known, was a jovial, good natured fellow. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and also Red Men, and these organizations will probably have charge of the funeral Monday, the 25th inst., at Leadville. Mrs. BEERS has the sympathy of the community in her sad bereavement.

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