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- The Black River Democrat
Lowville, New York
Date Unknown
Harrisville
Monoxide Gas Cause of Death
Clyde Bassette and Nelson Rice Accident Victims
Third Victim Dies
Edward McMahon, Owner and Driver of Car, Later Succumbed To Gas Poisoning
Two of Victims Residents of Harrisville
Clyde Bassette, 28, of Harrisville, and Nelson Rice, of Newton Falls, were found dead in a parked automobile, six miles south of here Monday morning. The verdict was given b Dr. Lawrence M. Campbell of Lowville, as accidental death from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Edward McMahon, 35, also of Harrisville, was unconscious and was owner and driver of the car in which his two companions died. He was brought to the office of Dr. Lotherland immediately after it was ascertained he was still alive.
The three men left Harrisville Sunday evening to take Rice to Stowell's camp where he is employed. The car got stuck when the driver attempted to turn it about in the narrow roadway. The rear of the machine was rammed into an embankment bordering the ditch and the end of the exhaust pipe was plugged with earth. The muffler was split open, evidently by gas pressure in the plugged exhaust line. Fumes from the broken muffler which was situated directly under the rear compartment of the car, poured inside the machine. The motor was still running when William Laide arrived at the scene.
Clyde Bassette was born in Harrisville May 12, 1919, and was the eldest son of John and Anna Reed Bassette. He was educated in the local schools and has been employed at the Harrisville paper mill. He was never married. Surviving are his parents, and a brother, Donald.
1930 Federal Census of Harrisville, Lewis County, New York (7 Apr 1930)
John Bassett - 50 - M - Head - CN-CN-CN - Wrapper Paper Mill
Anna S. - 49 - F - Wife - NY-NY-NY
John C. - 22 - M - Son - NY-CN-NY - Cutter Paper Mill
Donald E. - 9 - M - Son - NY-CN-NY
(Married at 23 & 22)
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Bassett Family Association Database
1919 - 1949 (29 years)