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Relatives Thankful (1890)

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Excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:

The relatives and friends of the two colored men, Daniel BISHOP and James HART, who were drowned on Wednesday, return thanks to Mr. S.M. WHALEY for financial assistance rendered in the burial of the same.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 17 January 1890.  Available online at digitalnc.org.

Rafting Accident (1890)

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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.