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Fatality on Southern in Arkansas a Hole Kills Five
A train worker on the Southern railway near the Congaree river, T. P. Wade, fell forty feet from a trestle while awaiting a passing passenger train from Florida and died of a ruptured spleen after injuries. Wade, 25, had just been appointed keeper following the death of a prior guard. The incident occurred as a northbound train approached, Wade misstepped while reaching for a passing brace and plunged to the ground. He left behind a widow? and was to take the job recently after the other guard’s death. The report notes other local incidents and arrests, including a boy found dead near Pickens, and multiple racial tensions and killings in nearby counties.
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T. P. Wade
Southern Railway
Congaree River
Wace
Richland
Florida
Wade
David Foulk
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
DeWitt
Arkansas
St. Charles
Fim Smith
Charley Smith
Mack Buldwin
Abe Bailey
Sherifdames Kirkpatrick Garrett
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