Alexander Morrison Mackenzie died Kansas city Missouri 27 Dec 1884

[LizzieL]

I have several newspaper articles about the death of Archibald Mackenzie but not the death of his son.
Due to computer problems, I cannot access my family tree files at the moment.

[anne_p]

LizzieL,
I have a sub which includes the 1884 article on Alexander MacKenzie.
He had only been in Kansas City for 5 weeks, travelling from Liverpool to Washington Territory.

He took a job for 3weeks working in a slaughter house.
The elevator was outside the building and was used to lift stunned animals up to the slaughter room.
The lift was lowering as Alexander passed underneath.
It hit him on the head and his neck was broken immediately

The article states that his father was a wealthy dealer and Vessel owner in Dublin

[LizzieL]

Thank you very much for the additional information. Very sad business. The incident was mentioned at the inquest into the suicide of his father, the main thing that "pushed him over the edge".
His father was a ship broker, originally from Scotland, but had been in Dublin for many years. Although he was British, he was the American Vice - Consul in Dublin, so I guess he did a lot of business in America.

[anne_p]

No problem LizzieL,
If you wish a copy of the 1884 article, PM me with your email address and I will gladly send it to you.
I have searched through genealogly bank but, so far this is the only entry that I could find about this accident

Anne

[shrewsmack]

Anne I think I managed to send you a PM (my skills at using Rootschat not great!).  I was hoping you could also forward me a copy of the newspaper article about the death of Alexander, who was my great granduncle.
Many thanks.