Fairfield Recorder, Fairfield Texas
Friday, June 5, 1925

FORMER FAIRFIELD BOY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
L. H. TARBUTTON, 63, enginner and Frank H. GRIFFITH, fireman of Sunshine
Special were killed at 8:10 Thursday evening, three miles from Longview
when the engine and most of the cars left the track at a curve with a ten
foot enbankment. A negro woman was also killed and a number of passengers
wounded. The train was late and was running fast to make up lost time when
the accident occured. Frank GRIFFITH is survived by his wife who is the
daughter of Mrs. Mary JAMESON, a former resident of Fairfield and he was
the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. W. M. GRIFFITH. He was born and reared
in Fairfield. Frank would soon be promoted as engineer and he was well
known and popular in Palestine. He was of a witty and cheerful disposition
and had the happy faculty of making and holding friends.