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The Ironton News
Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
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Four Baltimore and Ohio railroad section men from Coolville killed and one injured in head-on collision between freight train and motor car on river bridge near Athens, Ohio, Saturday morning.
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Four Baltimore and Ohio railroad section men were killed outright and one suffered a broken leg Saturday morning when a freight train in charge of Conductor D. D. Wilson and a section motor car met head on on the river bridge just east of Little Hocking near the Athens county line.
The dead are: Abner Deeter, Coolville, Edwin Wildman, Coolville, John Barringer, Coolville, Harvey Calloway, Coolville.
The injured man was John Shanks also of Coolville, who suffered a broken leg.
Foreman W. E. Travis and a section man named Friend, on the motor car were not injured.
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Near Athens, O.
Event Date
Saturday Morning
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four killed outright (abner deeter, edwin wildman, john barringer, harvey calloway); one suffered a broken leg (john shanks); foreman w. e. travis and section man friend not injured.
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Four Baltimore and Ohio railroad section men were killed outright and one suffered a broken leg when a freight train in charge of Conductor D. D. Wilson and a section motor car met head on on the river bridge just east of Little Hocking near the Athens county line.