Deaths
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Lhee King Dies in Rock Slide
5 April 1953 – Appomattox, VA – “Lhee King, 29, was crushed to death by a 109-ton rock slide while working in a quarry here yesterday.
Four Men Killed in Train/Auto Accident
21 March 1950 – “Pamplin – Four men were killed near here Monday afternoon when an eastbound train crashed into a sedan at a doublerack grade crossing.
Thomas S. Gilliam Killed in Plane Crash
8 May 1942 – “Alexandria, La.—(INS)—Army authorities at Esler field began an investigation Friday into the deaths of six fliers from the field in the crash and burning of a bomber, 12 miles east of Alexandria.
Robertson Death, Conner Injury
Sheriff Robertson was killed Dec. 11 when his car skidded on a icy highway as he drove to a Lynchburg hospital to visit Conner, who had been injured an hour earlier in an auto crash.