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Worthington girl loses shoe as freight wrecks cars
A Worthington girl dropped a shoe on a railroad track and a following freight train wrecked sixteen cars. The impact damaged engine boilers and killed 200 head of cattle. The incident is noted with a biblical remark about heaven.
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New York
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Bret Harte
Bloomfield Democrat
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Bartholomew County
Indiana
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Cudwith Able
Henry Selfridge
Lorinda Helfridge
Allen Carpenter
Allen Nter
Hiram Wright