Fatal Accident at Newton-Campbell 1904

CAMPBELL, SLAUGHTER

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 11/2/2019 at 20:05:48

Evening times-Republican, Thursday, Jul 07, 1904, Marshalltown, IA, Page: 3

FATAL ACCIDENT AT NEWTON

Threshing Machine Goes Thruough Bridge,
Killing One Man
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Special to Times-Republican
Newton, July 7 – A threshing machine engine broke through a bridge near the farm of Peter Pink, and a young man named Campbell was instantly killed. Two brothers named Slaughter were badly injured. One of the Slaughter boys had his back broken and the other suffered a broken arm. The condition of the former is critical.