William Ennis, 49, a carpenter, employed on the J. C. Stewart barge canal contract at Free Bridge, was aiding a gang of men in blocking up a heavy steam shovel dipper when one of the wooden blocks slipped, and the mass fell directly upon him, killing him instantly. Fellow workmen hurriedly lifted the dipper, but by the time they had removed it, the man was dead. The remains were taken to Port Byron and later removed to Durhamville, the man’s home. Mr. Ennis is survived by his wife and eight children and two brothers, Simon Ennis of State Bridge and John J. Ennis of this city,
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AUBURN CITIZEN October 16, 1912
ENNIS LEFT LARGE FAMILY
William Ennis, an account of whose death yesterday afternoon at Mosquito Point appeared in yesterday Citizen, was the father of a large family and his fellow workmen express much sympathy for the survivors. Ennis left his widow and eight children , the eldest being a girl of 16, who attends a business college in Syracuse, He leaves two brothers, Simon Ennis of State Bridge and John J. Ennis a ladder man in the Syracuse Fire Department. Coroner Forman of Auburn authorized the removal of the remains to Ennis’s home in Durhamville, N.Y.
Eternal rest grant unto him, oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.