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1900 Sherman GARLAND of Latrobe PA killed by train

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1900 Sherman GARLAND of Latrobe PA killed by train

karenkrich  (View posts) Posted: 24 May 2009 4:20AM GMT
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Surnames: Garland Chilcott Mullen Sally
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 30, 1900, Volume 142, Issue 181, page 4

THREE CLAIMED BY DEATH IN THE MIDST OF LIFE

Accidents Galore in the District Around Greensburg

Special to The Inquirer.

GREENSBURG, Pa., June 29.-Three men were crushed to death and another hurt in this vicinity this morning.

Sherman Garland, 19 years old, a well known young man of Latrobe, was struck by a train and instantly killed. John Chilcott, a brakeman met a like death at Scottdale. John Mullen, 40 years old, was crushed to death in the mines near Scottdale. Samuel Sally, a miner, was crushed by a ton of slate. He will die.

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