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NameFirst: Speakman ~Grace
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BirthYear: 1873
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OriginalBirthCounty: Henry
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DeathDay: 24
DeathYear: 1894
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DeathCause: natural gas explosion in gallery
OriginalDeathCity: Marion
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OriginalDeathCounty: Grant
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Parents: John and Mary Jane (Abbott) Speakman
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OriginalNotes: Find A Grave #36665806 - Grace Speakman, 25 Aug 1873 - 24 Oct 1894, South Mound Cemetery, New Castle, Henry County IN
ST. LOUIS AND CANADIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, Nov. 1894, p. 548:
Seriously injured in Lorrimer Studio explosion, 23 October 1894. She was found unconscious and her injuries "may prove fatal."

Sandusky Register (Sandusky, OH), Oct. 25, 1894, p. 1
Natural Gas Explosion, Marion, Ind., Oct. 24 -- Larrimer Brothers' photograph gallery was completely wrecked this evening by an explosion of natural gas. Miss Grace Speakman, retoucher, whose home is in New Castle was fatally injured. She was buried beneath the debris. He skull was fractured and her chest crushed. Ben Larrimer, proprietor, and Alfred Greeman, an employee, were seriously burned and bruised. Loss $5,000.

The Indiana State Sentinel, 12 Dec. 1894, p. 7
The case of John Speakman, as administrator of the estate of Grace Speakman, deceased, was filed against the Mississinewa gas company, asking for $10,000 damages for the killing of Miss Speakman. Mr. Speakman charges the company with negligence in laying the pipes of their line and connecting them together and their condition. He is a painter by trade, but suffers from debility contracted while in the late war. Miss Speakman was their only means of support. - Marion Leader

Richmond Item, 1 June 1895, p. 3
John Speakman, father of Miss Grace Speakman, has compromised with the Marion gas company in his suit to recover $10,000 for the killing of his daughter in an explosion. The amount of money paid Mr. Speakman was $3,500.
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CATNUM: 1772
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City: Marion
State: IN
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OriginalSource: St. Louis and Canadian Photographer, Nov. 1894, p. 548:
was injured in explosion, injuries may prove fatal. [does not specify if she is customer or employee]

Sandusky Register (Sandusky, OH), Oct. 25, 1894, p. 1
Natural Gas Explosion, Marion, Ind., Oct. 24 -- Larrimer Brothers' photograph gallery was completely wrecked this evening by an explosion of natural gas. Miss Grace Speakman, retoucher, whose home is in New Castle was fatally injured. She was buried beneath the debris. He skull was fractured and her chest crushed. Ben Larrimer, proprietor, and Alfred Greeman, an employee, were seriously burned and bruised. Loss $5,000.

The Richmond Item (Richmond, Indiana), 25 Oct 1894, p. 3
Miss Grace Speakman, a well known New Castle lady perhaps fatally hurt in a gas explosion. Miss Grace Speakman, of New Castle, who is known to many Richmond young people, having frequently visited friends here, was perhaps fatally injured in a gas explosion at Marion last night at 6 o'clock. She has been in Marion for some time employed as a retoucher in a leading photographer's place of business, and last night while she was at work the explosion occurred, and the building was completely demolished. Mis Speakman was buried in the ruins and her head and breast were badly injured.

The Indiana State Sentinel, 31 Oct 1894, p. 8 - Photograph Gallery Wrecked. Marion, oct. 24 - Special.-Larrimer Bros.' photogrpah gallery was completely wrecked about 6 o'clock this evening by an explosion, the cause of which is unknown, but it is attributed to natural gas. Ben Larrimer, the proprietor, was badly burned and bruised. Alfred Greenman, an employee, son of the Rev. A. A. Greenman, was seriously burned. Miss Grace Speakman, a retoucher, whose home is in New Castle, was fatally injured. She was buried beneath the debris and when found was unconscious. Her chest was badly crushed. The one-story brick building was leveled to the ground ant the windows in L. M. Whisler's house across the alley were blown out. Windows in Gilbert Wilson's house, two square distant, were broken from the force of the explosion.

Jackson County Banner (Brownstown, Indiana), November 1, 1894, p. 6
Indiana State News. "Grace Speakman, one of the victims of the explosion at the Larrimer photograph gallery, Marion, died the other night. The others will recover."
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