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bCourier-Journal
Louisville, Kentucky
May 16, 1915
Page 34
OVERTAKEN BY TRAIN, MAN FALLS FROM HIGH BRIDGE
FRED WILSON, WITH BACK BROKEN, BROUGHT HERE FROM WORTHVILLE.
Suffering from a fracture of the spinal column and other injuries resulting from a fall of fifty feet into the rocky bed of a creek when he was overtaken by a train on a trestle near Worthville, Fred Wilson, of that place, was brought to Louisville last night and is in a serious condition at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital.
Wilson was walking over the trestle on his way home when a Louisville-bound L. & N. freight train approached. In seeking safety at the side of the tracks he fell, and when found by villagers, who had been notified by the train crew, he was unconscious. He had not recovered upon arriving at the hospital, and physicians said last night, he had little chance of recovery.
Madison Weekly Herald
Madison, Indiana
May 27, 1915
FRED WILSON
Who Fell Off Bridge Near Carrollton, Died in Louisville.
Worthville, Ky., May 20 --- Fred Wilson, 30, of this city, died at St. Marys and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, yesterday morning from injuries received by falling from the Kentucky River bridge last Friday morning.
Wilson was well known in this vicinity. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and will be buried with Masonic honors tomorrow, at 2 p.m., in Worthville cemetery. He is survived by a widow, two small children and two brothers.
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1885 - 1915 (29 years)
