Paint Rock, AL Baggageman Killed by Trunk, Jul 1904
Killed by a Trunk.
Huntsville, July 7.---(Special.)---C. E. Brown, a flagman on the Southern Railway, residing in Chattanooga, met death in a peculiar manner at Paint Rock. Brown was unloading a heavy trunk from the baggage car of an early morning train and was smashed by the trunk against a freight car that stood just behind him. His head was broken and he died instantly.
The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, AL 8 Jul 1904
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