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Fatality — Mount Washington, Feb 26, 1872

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U.S. Signal Service weather observer

Pvt. William Stevens, stationed at the year-round U.S. Signal Service weather observatory on the summit of Mount Washington, died of natural causes while on duty in February 1872.

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