Bremen, KY Hillside Cave-In, Aug 1930
Posted April 26th, 2009 by June
Four Boys Lose Lives In Cavein
Owensboro, Ky., Aug. 27-(A.P.)-Four boys lost their lives today near Bremen in Muhlenberg County when gravel in which they were digging from a hillside caved in on them. They were:
EZRA VINCENT, 10, and R.H. VINCENT, 15, brothers; and RAYMON SHANKS, 13, and J.J. SHANKS, 11, brothers.
Howard Vincent, an older brother, escaped the cave-in and summoned help from Bremen. Fifty men recovered the bodies after digging an hour and a half.
Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, IN 27 Aug 1930
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