This is some pretty interesting reading stuff I got from a website that has been gone for several years. The guy had apparently got it all from an 1879 New Jersey newspaper archives. back then, the newspapers told exactly how and under what circumstances people died.

• Life & death in the 1870's - Uncle Bill 00:12:35 10/21/2008 (1)
  • Often the reasons were vague on purpose - Tarhel 12:29:23 10/21/2008