Albert Thomas Emery

 

Albert Thomas Emery attended St. Paul’s School from 1883 to 1884 and is a member of the Form of 1885.

According to Arthur Stanwood Pier’s book, St. Paul’s School 1855-1934 (pg. 134), Emery died while a student at St. Paul’s School as the result of a sledding accident:

… some boys found the Shute’s Hill coast, as it was called, too tame; they dragged their sleds to the top of Tibbits hill – Fiske hill, to give it its modern name – and came flying down to the Concord road. Augustus M. Swift as a boy coasted from the top of Fiske hill to the old grist mill on the site of which Hargate Hall now stands; and a few years later Richard H. Dana equaled his record.  Possibly in time it might have been broken, had not a tragic occurrence put an end to all such breath-taking trips.  In February, 1884, Albert Emery of the Third Form ran head on at great speed into a sled that another boy was pulling up the hill. He was fatally injured and died nine days after the accident.  Since that time coasting on Fiske hill has been forbidden.

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  • Verso: <p>Imprinted with photography studio logo and information: "White, No. 475 Beech St. Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O."  Albert Thomas Emery September 21st 1868 February 11th 1884" written in ink across the top edge with "1883-1884" written in pencil beneath it.</p>
  • Physical Details: <p>A standard cabinet card with photograph mounted on heavy paper board.  "A. T. Emery 83-84" written in ink along the bottom edge.</p>

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Originally Published On: October 12th, 2012

Last Modified On: January 4th, 2013

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