A sad accident occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Everett of Lyons Tuesday afternoon. Clyde, their only son, and Clay Newmyer, his cousin, were playing around the barn, when they discovered an old rifle, which had been used by Mr. Everett for shooting rats, and while handling it, it was accidentally discharged, the ball taking effect in the lad’s forehead. Dr. Somers of Omaha was called, but at last reports they had very little hope of his recovery. Mr. Everett is well known in this county, and much sympathy is expressed. As we go to press we learn from the Lyons Sun that the little fellow died Tuesday night.

Note: Clyde was six years old

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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