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Monday, May 23, 2016
1913 :: Two Trainmen Killed
The Temple Daily Telegram
Temple, Tex.
Vol. 6, No. 160, Ed. 1
Friday, May 23, 1913
Engineer and Fireman Crushed
When S. A. & A. P. Engine Turns Over.
YOAKUM, Tex., May 22. -- The wrecker on the S. A. & A. P. railway left herre [sic] at 1 o'clock for Lexington on the Waco branch where a freight wreck occured [sic] at 11 o'clock this morning.
The engine turned over and Engineer E. D. Waterwall and Fireman Bradley were instantly killed. Waterwall lived at this place and leaves a wife and small children.
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