THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, August 5, 1920

Pete Cvynski, a Pole, in the employ of McKenzie Brothers, and whose special duty it was to clear right of way for the drainage canals of stumps, for which he used dynamite, was apparently instantly killed last Friday near the Moody Ranch by one of the charges he had prepared.

It is not known just how he came to meet his death, but the indications are that he had returned after firing the fuse in the belief that the fuse had gone out, the explosion taking place while he was near enough to get the full effect of the big charge.

There were no eyewitnesses and the body of the unfortunate fellow was not found until late in the afternoon when Mr. McKenzie went out to bring him in, as was his custom.

The dinner pail was where he had left it in the morning and as only one charge had been planted and only one explosion heard during the day, it is natural to believe that the accident occurred early in the forenoon.

When found his body was badly torn and shattered, his skull badly crushed, and indications pointed to instant death.

It is learned that the unfortunate man has a brother in the north, but other relatives cannot be traced. He owned a small farm west of the city and lived there alone. His body was buried Saturday at Espanola cemetery.

All the facts as set out in the above were the findings of the coroner’s jury, presided over by Judge W. Lee Bartlett, the jury merely finding that the young many came to his death by accident.

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THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, August 26, 1920

The auction sale of personal property of Pete Cvynski who lost his life a few weeks ago in a dynamite explosion, took place Monday in front of the court house door, conducted by Mr. S. R. Fields as curator. The sale consisted of a pair of mules, a cow and heifer calf, fertilizer and a number of farm implements bringing the sum of $311.00.