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Unidentified Negro Man

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Submitter: Greggory E. Davies
Date: 20 June 2004
Source: Winn News American
December 20, 1940 Negro Is Killed In Train Wreck In Grant Parish

Winnfield Men Are Riding Train When It Derails

An unidentified negro was killed and a number of other persons were
injured when 18 boxcars from the center of the Rock Island's
southbound morning train left the rails and piled up 16 miles north
of Alexandria near Bentley in Grant Parish, Tuesday at about 8
o'clock.

Among those riding the freight train were two white men from
Winnfield, Archie Snelling and Alvin Barrett, and a few local
negroes, including John West, Willie Peterson, and his brother.
Many of the riders of the train scattered after the wreck and were
not identified.  Most of them were riding to Alexandria to seek
employment.

None of the injured persons are reported to be in a critical
condition.

A Rock Island freight agent of Alexandria, W. Gunn, said that the
cause of the wreck was undertermined.  Thirteen of the derailed cars
were loaded with merchandise.
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