NEWSPAPERS: Death of Lorenzo M. Colby, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon

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Jacksonville (Oregon) Post, Saturday, 5 Jun 1909, p. 1

KILLED ON RAILROAD

L. M. Colby Struck by Train Near Medford

A man named Lorenzo M. Colby was struck by a Southern Pacific trail, while
attempting to cross the track about two miles south of Medford, Monday
evening.

The buggy in which Mr. Colby was riding was completely demolished and the
occupant hurled a considerable distance receiving injuries from the effects
of which he died about half past nine o'clock, the same evening.

Mr. Colby was 22 years of age, a native of Jefferson, Iowa and was married
to a daughter of H. M. Coss of Medford.