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Weekly Journal Miner
Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona
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Inez Wood, administratrix of Royce Wood's estate, filed a $30,000 damage suit against railroads including the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix line, alleging negligence caused the fatal accident of her 16-year-old son in local yards last year while he rode a locomotive.
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(From Tuesday's Daily.)
Employment by the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad company of a youth of 16 last year, and his subsequent fatal accident in the local yards, are the basis of a damage suit filed yesterday by Inez Wood, administratrix of the estate of Royce Wood.
Named as defendants in the suit are Walker D. Hines, then railroad administrator, the Santa Fe, the S. F. P. P. and the California and Arizona lines. The judgment Mrs. Wood asks is $30,000.
The complaint alleges that the company was negligent in its arrangement of tracks leading from the turntable to the yard. Young Wood is alleged to have been riding a moving locomotive off the turntable, and the uneven character of the tracks is said to have caused the jerk which threw him off the train, causing injuries from which he died a few hours later. At the time of his death, the complaint says, the boy was earning $100 a month, although but 16 years of age.
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Filed Yesterday; Accident Last Year
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royce wood, aged 16, died from injuries after being thrown from a locomotive; suit seeks $30,000
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Inez Wood filed a damage suit alleging negligence by the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad in track arrangement caused the fatal accident to her son Royce Wood, who was employed at 16 and riding a moving locomotive off the turntable in local yards, resulting in a jerk that threw him off, leading to death hours later while earning $100 monthly.