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GENERAL DEATHS MARRIAGES COURT XXXXXXX
Source:  Tampa Tribune - Tampa, Florida - Page 1
Dated: Saturday, Aug. 25, 1906
TRAIN RAN OFF TRESTLE
And Engine and Eight Cars Were Dropped Into the River
(By Associated Press)
     BRISTOL, Va., Aug. 24. - The result of a washout, a freight train on the Virginia and Southwestern Railway ran off a trestle over Moccasin river this morning.
     The engine and eight cars plunged into the river.
     The dead are R. E. Bocker, brakeman, and J. A. Cleet, fireman.

   

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