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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1879
Page
4
A J.M. I. locomotive near Columbus strikes a wagon carrying a drunken driver and his wife, killing them both. Engineer Jack Mills, furious at the crash, mourns a pair of baby shoes found on the boiler and weeps for the children waiting at home.
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