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Tragic Drowning on Rock Island Train No 12 Wreck
Dover Oklahoma September 19 Sixteen injured and several missing after Rock Island train No 12 plunges from a swerved bridge into the Cimarron River. Hank Littlefield the only confirmed fatality. Rescue efforts continue as guardsmen build a replacement bridge and Kingfisher residents offer aid.
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Rock Island
Kingfisher
Okla
Cimarron River
Dover
Hank” Littlefield
Forepaugh-Sells Citieus
Denver
OC. W. Brown
Comanche
I. T
C. EB. Hushler
Dallas
David Lang
Hillsboro
Tex
O. W. Bacon
Enid
Kate Sells
Payne
Simon W. Byron
Les
W. H. Spitzer
Bagside
Cimarron
Cashion
J. P. Love
Frantz
Engineer Corps
Oklahoma National Guard
Guthrie
Hank Littlefield