A short update of weird or different deaths that we have come across while digitizing our obituary records for Titusville, PA!

• 2 September 1868: Man dies of fractured skull when he fell down the stairs at a beer saloon in Titusville.
• 18 December 1867: Man killed in a train wreck in New York
• Late 1800s: Child poisoned when given opium instead of rhubarb due to a drug clerk’s error.
• July 1866: Man killed by a falling beam at Boyd Farm
• 30 September 1867: Man accidentally shot self and died
• 6 February 1934: Man died in a field
• 27 March 1875: A Swedish man was killed by a falling beam while pulling down the old Parker Refinery
• 10 November 1865: Man died of typhoid pneumonia at Pithole.

Will post more as we go, so check back in later!

This post will be part of a series called A Thousand Ways to Die in the Oil Region.