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From: donna garland <>
Subject: Re: [KYBELL] Fall From 19th St. Bridge Is Almost Fatal To Farmer
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:46:39 -0400
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hi mary
i am searching for a newspaper article from december 5 or 6, 1937 about a man (walter
garland) who jumped or fell from the railroad bridge in pineville. can you help?
thanks,
donna

wrote:

> FROM MARY HUDSON
>
> Middlesboro Daily News, Middlesboro, KY - Dec., 15, 1920
>
> Fall From 19th St. Bridge Is Almost Fatal To Farmer
>
> James Britton, a Powell Valley farmer, fell from the bridge spanning the
> canal on Nineteenth street Monday night and two of his ribs were fractured.
> The accident happened about 7 o'clock.
> Monday night was stormy. Railings of the bridge were off the side he was
> on. Street lights were out. The night was dark, and Mr. Britton stepped off
> the bridge and fell in the edge water of the canal. Soon the canal was at
> high tide. The waters from the hollows were coming down, Britton would have been
> drowned but for two men who hearing him fall ran and rescued him. Mr.
> Britton is about 30 years old.
>
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