{"id":6955,"date":"2018-03-28T18:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T23:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2023-12-10T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:50:39","slug":"mfdj-03-28-18-death-on-the-cricket-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=6955","title":{"rendered":"MFDJ 03\/28\/18: Death on the Cricket Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Slippery Yet Truly Morbid Fact!<\/h3>\n

A daughter watched in horror as her father was crushed to death by a roller as he prepared a cricket pitch on May 28, 1996.<\/p>\n

Oxford University groundsman Maurice Honey, 55, left the sit-on roller running while he jumped off to remove debris from the wicket.<\/p>\n

He slipped on the wet ground and his 26-year-old daughter Claire, who works as his assistant at Christ Church College, watched helplessly as the one-ton machine trundled over him.<\/p>\n

She raised the alarm and then returned, cradling Mr Honey in her arms as he died.<\/p>\n

A student said:\u00a0 “She’s in a terrible state. She was working with him at the time and saw it happen. There was nothing she could do.”<\/p>\n

Culled from:\u00a0The Daily Mail<\/p>\n

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Vintage Crime Scene Photo Du Jour!<\/h3>\n

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\nIt is not known why the well-dressed John Rogers was shot on West 134th Street in Manhattan on October 21, 1916. The extraordinary scene, shrouded in mystery, was taken by a New York City Police Department photographer.<\/p>\n

Culled from:\u00a0Shots in the Dark<\/a><\/p>\n

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