Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Tom, 1896 

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Tom SMITH 

Fatal Railroad Accident. 

  Suffolk, Va., Aug. 14. - (Special) - [...] 

  FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. - Tom Smith, an employee of the Seaboard Air Line, 
fell between the cars at Branchville, and the wheels passed over his body 
before the train could be stopped.  An engine was sent up the road for the 
nearest physician, who used all available methods to save his life, but in 
vain.  Smith died in fifteen hours after the accident.  His body was sent to 
North Carolina for interment.


Tom SMITH, Seaboard Air Line employee, 
fell between cars, Aug 1896, Branchville, 
interred in NC, 
"The Norfolk Virginian," Aug. 15, 1896, p. 6, col. 3 


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