Lenoir County NcArchives News.....Settlemyre Killed in Bridge Accident August 24, 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com June 25, 2007, 11:55 am Landmark Of Statesville, N. C. Aug. 24, 1883 August 24, 1883 The Rutherford College Enterprise says that one day last week while WASH SETTLEMYRE, colored, was engaged with other hands in making repairs upon the bridge over the Catawba River between Hickory and Lenoir, a large rock fell from some of the pillar work, and struck directly on the head, killing him instantly. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/newspapers/settlemy53nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb