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Delaware Railroad Fatalities and Other Aug 1 News
Delaware farmer Walter Wrath of Philadelphia fell from a Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad freight train near Gordon Heights and died. Brakeman Frank Stapleton, 28, was struck by an express near Bear Station and killed. his horse perished. Rescue attempts spoke of gas exposure as two brothers aiding a third in a 60 foot well near Westminster were overcome but survived. Other items include Lord Kitchener receiving a sword in London, a lynching of a supposed murderer in Virginia, Minneapolis mayoral resignation, German imports rising to 102 million, a steamship fire near Lizard Head, and a Cincinnati area tonic note about a cholera infantum remedy.
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