The Ouachita Telegraph - Wilson Jones Suffers Fatal Accident

Date: Oct 2000
Submitted by: Lora Peppers <lpeppers@ouachita.lib.la.us>



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The Ouachita Telegraph
Saturday, June 2, 1883
Page 3, Column 2

 Mr. Wilson Jones, for the past 12 years chief engineer of the different
Blanks Line boats, viz:  Jno. H. Hanna, Gov. Allen, John Wilson and
continuously on the Fred A. Blanks, since she made her first start, met with
a fatal accident on the latter a few days ago.  The boat was bound down from
Arkansas City, when it was noticed that one of the steam leading pipes was
leaking badly.  He procured a ladder 12 feet long and while attempting to
wrap the affected part the ladder slipped precipitating him a distance of 10
feet to the deck, he falling on his head and receiving concussion of the
brain died shortly afterwards.  Mr. Jones was well known on the Ouachita,
where he was always at home.

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