Name It & Take It, Volume 1, Number 6, Smithville, Monroe County, 2 July 1897 — Page 4

POISON

WHOLE FAMILY DYING.

WRECK1

TWO LIVES LOST, A Brakeman Crippled

Four dead, two dying. Great excitement over the death of the John Stevens family t in the community of Belmont Brown,Co.,Ind. The mother and three children have died within the last few days. The father is suspicioned of the awful deed

for Life.

The northbound Local) freight,was wrecked on) Horse Shoe Bend, Tries-) day Eve. by a. broken\ wheel on flat car causing) cars to be wrecked.) A. L. Allen head brake-) man, was on top of the; cars that were wrecked,) and was found unconsiou) s, among the cars, with) his arm, and several ribs) taken at once) by special train to his) home in Bloomington. ) In farther clearing the) trac k two tramps, who) were stealing a ride in a) box loaded with crossties! were mashed beyond rec; ogination, Their* names< as per papers found on< their persons: “Reed; Owensburg,Ky., Chas.; Brunner,of Bedford.” ! The cost to the R.R.Co? will be about 110,000. j

The infant child of J.M Fox died last night.

{supposed to be the resul )t of family trouble. Au investigation will follow at once.

Robert Johnson left this morning for Salisbury t to attend the funeral of his mother-in law,Mrs.Bull ock.

The infant child of Dan Barrett died this morn - ing about 10 o’clock.

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