Negro Excursion Wrecked Nearby Wedgefield
A disastrous Atlantic Coast Line excursion train near Cape Savannah and Wedgefield wrecked after a washout collapsed an embankment. Conductor J J Clements of Florence and three black passengers died. thirty-four injured, eight seriously. A farmer flagged the approach but engineer George Wilson did not stop.
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Sumter
Atlantic Coast Line
Wedgefield
Cape Savannah
J. J. Clements
Florence
Nemee
Nichols
Marion Couny
Columbia
Aleck Robinson
Cane Savannah
No 52
George Wilson
Robinson
Engineer Wilson
Happenings In The State Report From June Events
June 1 court session opening in Bishopville with continuance requested for Spain Kelly’s case. May 31 death of Mr. J M McGill in Due West. Greenwood reports a severe hailstorm causing window and roof damage and crop destruction. Yorkville notes Ruth Stephenson’s death from accidental glass fragments. Beaufort reports Edward Williams’s stabbing of Liz Smails. Congaree records a destructive tornado causing barn, depot, and crop damage with loss of livestock. Orangeburg notes severe rain and hail wrecking crops across Limestone and Jamicon areas.
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Greenwood
Baptist
Orangeburg
Oragelurgy
Lightning strikes and kills George Hammack in Anderson
George Hammack, a young white man living in Anderson, was killed by a bolt of lightning during a severe rain and thunder storm. He had paused near his home rather than return inside, and the lightning struck him as he stood on the piazza near the locked house. His mother heard the warning and called, but he did not move.
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Ise
Marriaghe
Enaed
Lizzie
Walliams
P. O. Hutson
Anderson
George Hammack
Oer Cott
Boyl
Hin
Fresh testimony in Dr Kir coughs case at trial
A murky notice recounts testimony in a medical case involving Dr Kir and alleged cures for consumption, pneumonia and grip. It cites local firms Crawford Bros and J Mackey & Co Drugists offering trial bottles and a dollar price for remedies.
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Ity
Kir
TL. J. Melarland Jeniorville
Perumonia
Grip
Funderburk Pharmacy
Crawford Bros
J. ¥. Mackey & Co
Train Man Killed While Boarding Freight Car
A Greenville News report details a man named Allen, about 30, of Boston, who was crushed when he fell under a moving freight train as he tried to board. His death was instant. His wife mourns the loss as authorities investigate the tragic accident in Boston, GC. OW.
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Milena
Camden
Ne Gy
Bostion
Yerrible Accident In Williamston Wardrobe
Woman named White living on West Main Street engaged in dressing when her son’s pistol toppled from a shelf. The gun discharged fatally injuring her. Authorities report a fatal incident with unclear immediate circumstances and no further details available.
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White
West Main Street
Williamston
Jane
J.C. Boozer
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Lancaster Hercantile
News and Courier
Castor Beara
Signataro
Alert
Columbia State
Spain
Bishopville
Court of General Sessions
Dudge Ernest Gary
Couneill
Kelly Nea
Dne
J M. McGill
R. Haddon
Mr. Haddon
Mr. McGill
Yorkville
Little Ruth
W. G. Stephenson
Kings Mountain Military Academy
J. D. McDowell
Resbyterian
Aly Negro
Perry Clear
Beaufort
Perry Clears
Edward Walliams
Li Smails
Nado
Congal
Congaree
Rawlinson
Weston
Acre
Destru
Orangebul
Wien
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