Not a headline I’d seen before, but it happens. A man was apparently attacked and rammed by a bull on an Amish farm in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania earlier this afternoon. The article does not actually identify the man as Amish – but that would be the assumption (though in theory it could be a non-Amish person visiting the farm). Here are more details from the…
Last week we enjoyed some photos from the most recent Yoder’s Consignment Auction in northern Indiana, courtesy of Jim Halverson. Here is part two of that set. This is one of the larger auctions in the area and draws a crowd. Amish auctions are great to attend – even just for the atmosphere and the food. If you’ve never been and you get the chance…
This happened at the beginning of the month – though this is the first time I’m seeing it reported on. An Amish farmer and father of five was struck by a pickup truck while walking home in Lancaster County, PA – leaving him in what sounds like quite bad shape. CBS 21 is picking up reporting on this, following a GoFundMe that has been started by a…
Details are scarce, but a 12-year-old Amish boy was killed yesterday in St. Lawrence County, New York in an accident on an Amish farm. From WWNY: TOWN OF DEKALB, New York (WWNY) – A 12-year-old Amish boy was killed in a farming accident in St. Lawrence County. The sheriff’s office was called to a farm on Risley Road in the town of DeKalb on Wednesday….
Investigators are continuing to put together the details of the tragic crash in Tuscola County, Michigan Tuesday, which claimed the lives of five Amish people traveling in a passenger van, and a sixth person in a pickup truck. According to reporting at ABC 12, some additional facts are now known: This Amish group was from the Cass City, Michigan community (this was what I supposed…
A blaze at an Amish firewood business in Parke County, Indiana required intervention by ten separate fire departments to subdue. Thankfully no one was hurt in the fire, which started in a mechanical room in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. More on the incident via mywabashvalley.com: MARSHALL, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— Ten fire departments responded to a fire in Marshall, Indiana, at a company filled with…
Another tragedy involving Amish victims in Michigan – but this time there were no buggies involved. Six people, including five members of an Amish family are confirmed dead after their van they were traveling in was hit by a pickup truck – which ran a stop sign at a rural intersection. This happened in Tuscola County, MI late Tuesday afternoon. More: TUSCOLA COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) – At…
Just an awful story out of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. An Amish boy lost his life after being hit by the arm of a skid loader, operated by an Amish teenager. From Lancaster Online: A 6-year-old boy was killed in a Paradise Township farming accident Thursday afternoon, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Troopers said they responded just after 3:30 p.m. to Cherry Hill Road where the…
Tragedy has struck in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where a 15-year-old boy was found dead in a pond. This happened yesterday in the southern end of the community, in Fulton Township. Here’s more: LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — First responders, including a drone unit, responded to a pond in Lancaster County to search for a missing teen Sunday. The Robert Fulton Fire Co. responded around 3…
I want to share a remarkable set of photos captured by Don Burke. Here we see an Amish family in Jamesport, Missouri enjoying a buggy race. So right off the bat: you might be thinking, “is that safe?” Don has addressed that (below). I actually posted one of these photos on Facebook a week or so back. One commenter called buggy racing on the road…