Mr. Henry COATNEY, who is working on the court house, of Atlanta, received a telegram last Wednesday from his wife, who was visiting at Knoxville, that their little child was dead. It was a crushing blow to the fond father, for he did not know that his baby was even sick. Its death was sudden, but we did not learn the cause. Mr. COATNEY left the same morning for Knoxville.
Source: Cherokee Scout (Murphy, NC). 23 June 1896. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
Two singular deaths occurred at Garner, NC, presenting a most striking coincidence. Two brothers, James and David CROCKER, died of pneumonia. They were between the ages of thirty-five and forty, and one died at 12 M, the other at 3. Both married sisters, and each leaves a wife and six children. Both were born on the 12th of the month, married on the 13th, and died on the 12th.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 28 February 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.
Excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:
While rafting logs in the creek at the Roanoke Lumber Co.’s mills on Wednesday Daniel BISHOP and Jas. HART, both colored, were drowned.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 17 January 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.
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Source: Roanoke News, 16 January 1879. Available online at digitalnc.org.