The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Peterson

Date:

June 13, 1893

Henry Peterson

Sex:

Male

Race:

White

COD Category:

Accident

COD:

COD Method/Implement:

train

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say That the deceased Henry Peterson came to his death by being crushed [?] while passing between two sections of freight cars

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

trial justice acting as coroner

Inquest Location:

at Ridge Spring

County:

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

Transcription:

Heard the cars come together and imediately some one cryed out as if in distress and others cried out a man is caught in between the cars

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