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    1. [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Jackson County: James M. Smith Died
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    3. Evansville (IN) Journal, May 14, 1870. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the original as shown by the ellipsis. St. Louis, May 13-The train bearing the bodies that were killed by the collision yesterday arrived about two o'clock this morning. The coroner will hold an inquest at once. The following additional names complete the list of killed: James M. Smith, Seymour, Ind. The REPUBLICAN reporter gives the following description of the collisions and wreck.The two engines rushed at each other like malign and enraged monsters-grappled with a tremendous cash-reared from the track in a mortal wrestle, and fell into helpless and disjointed fragments on the grounds.leaving a frightful ruin spattered with the blood of 40 human beings, entrapped and mutilated beneath its shapeless mass.

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