Murder At The Carousel

And Other True Stories

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Murder At The Carousel

And Other True Stories

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Can carousels be deadly? This non-fiction book answers just that...

The book centers on the tragic death of a 17-year-old carousel engineer killed by a rider. On Friday, June 17, 1892, a William R. Weaver was working as an engineer at a carousel in Niagara Falls, when the evening turned deadly. He was shot and killed. The killer was at large. William's father joined in on the search as a newly appointed deputy. The search goes across several states and involves several suspects over the following year.

The book additionally tells the story of other fatal accidents where a carousel was involved. A father watching a carousel in Greensboro, NC was killed by a stray bullet in 1914. A carousel pole fell down and gravely injured a Rochester NY man in 1900. A carousel rider was flung to her death in 1905. A four-year-old jumping from horse to horse is severed by a merry-go-round cable in 1892 in Camden, NY.

While this may be considered "the darker side of carousels", it's an interesting look at an earlier time. While very few murders were committed near or on carousels, deaths still happened among the circle of wooden horses. Many deaths were attributed to steam operated carousels with long cable belts. These belts, which often stretched about 200 feet, could easily pull an unattended child into the cogs of its machinery. Also, carousels ran at a faster speed in the late 1800s into the early 1900s, which was attributed to injury.

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English
Pages
106

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Murder At The Carousel: And Other True Stories
June 9, 2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Murder At The Carousel: And Other True Stories
November 15, 2014, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. A Carousel Murder in Niagara Falls Page 1
Chapter 2. Death at the Carousel Page 23
Chapter 3. Getting Caught Up in Gears Page 25
Chapter 4. The Deadly Steam Propelled Merry go round Page 29
Chapter 5. Killed by a Loose Wooden Horse Page 35
Chapter 6. Carousel Kills Rider in Manhattan Page 37
Chapter 7. Accident at Indiana Carousel Kills One Page 41
Chapter 8. Carousel Pole Kills Rochester, NY Resident Page 43
Chapter 9. Bystander Killed by Engineer's Stray Bullet in North Carolina Page 47
Chapter 10. Two Die in Virginia Carousel Shooting Page 51
Chapter 11. Kicked to Death at Capitol Merry go round Page 53
Chapter 12. Unruly Rider Kills Carousel Owner in Virginia Page 57
Chapter 13. Michigan Ticket Scalper Injures Bystander Page 59
Chapter 14. Electrocuted at Toronto Carousel, One Dead Page 61
Chapter 15. Lightning Strike a Fatal Blow for Charlotte Engineer Page 63
Chapter 16. Electrocuted at Picnic in Illinois Page 65
Chapter 17. The Carousel Horse's Deadly Bite Page 69
Chapter 18. Sometimes There's Heroes Page 71
Chapter 19. Stranger Than Fiction Page 73
Bibliography. Sources Page 81

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Copyright Date
November 5, 2014

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
106
Dimensions
8.5 x 5.5 x 0.24 inches
Weight
4.8 ounces

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Open Library
OL35638822M
ISBN 10
1503050483
ISBN 13
978-1503050488
OCLC/WorldCat
1273678783
Amazon ID (ASIN)
1503050483
Goodreads
27589899

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