Indian Fight and Mass Tragedy at Rail Crossings
Across two reports, settlers recount a brutal Comanche engagement near Blanco Valley where McClure and teammates repelled Indians with rifles and arrows, saving Durst and Dickinson. In Dallas Texas the Sunshine Special killed thirteen picnic party members at a grade crossing near Forney, wiping out two families and leaving one survivor.
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McClure
Durst
Dickinson
John Castleman
Andrew Lowell
Blanco Valley
Dallas
Tex
Sunshine
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Forney Terrell Highway
Here
Iva Badgett
Vera
Eva Badgett
Texas Badgett
Emma Badgett
Birdie Badgett
Jessie Badgett
Betty Joe Badgett
Beluah McHenry
Billy McHenry
McHenry
Forney
Badgett
Claud Chapman
Mesquite
Marsalis Park
Lady Margaret Face Cream Advertised by Central Drug Co
Do not wait another day to begin the use of Lady Margaret Face Creams sold by Central Drug Co. Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Drug Co
Adv
Longview Man Fatally Burned in Car Wreck Crash
E. B Freeman of Longview died from burns after the auto carrying five companions overturned and caught fire on the Shreveport highway near the Sabine River bridge. He died at a Shreveport hospital. Roger Reeves and Jim K Holt of Carthage were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Tex
E. B Freeman
Longview
Shreveport Highway
Sabine River Bridge
Shreveport
Roger Reeves
Jim K. Holt
Boy 16 Held In Juvenile Court For Delinquency
Clifton Reid 16, junior at North Side High School, is charged with juvenile delinquency after shooting his father J. G. Reid 39 during a family argument in Fort Worth Texas. The elder Reid was severely wounded and the boy was held for questioning as an investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Clifton Reid
J. G. Reid
Hooper
Reid
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Fronzales
Mary Lee McHenry
Felix T. Pehl Albert
H. A. Nelson
San Marcos, Texas
W. E. Griffin
Father
Baker
Fredericksburg
Bank of Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Jtuenke & Schoenewolt
Chester A. Schumann Schumann
Barthelmae
Taylor-Burke Motor Co
Fredericksburg Implement Co
Fredericksburg Bottling Works
Magnolia
J. S. Heiner Saenger & Ochs Standard Motor Co
Joseph Bros
Stehline Bros. , Chester Reichenau Radio Post
Geo. Stucke Dooley’s Store
Ity Furniture Store
Pigelo Wigelyv
Ity Bakery Central Drug Co
Quality Cash Grocery
Schroeder Bros. Central Meat Market
Schandua & Reichenau Kolmeier & Klier Co
Henry Hirsch Schmidt Millinery
the Music Palace Travelers Cafe
Leo J. Blanchard
Alf. Gold Stehling Electric Co
Anna Gold Norman Bros. Plaza Service Station
Ever Ready Motor Co
Citizens Bank A. W. Maier
Basse Truck Line
Jordan & Mathisen
Ity
Otto Wholmeier & Co
Nimitz Klaerner & Schmidt
Rich
Ransleben
Oscar Krauskopf Knopp & Metzger
Robert Blim Woerner & Durst
John Knopp
Henke Bros. Co-Operative Creamery
Palace Theatre
H. Kuenemann Felix W. Maier
Max 'T’. Henke Stein Lumber Co
Kramers Meat Market
Kiehne’s Variety Store
Stein’s Ice Factory
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