Stephen D. Wallace

First Name: Stephen
Middle Name(s): D.
Last Name: Wallace
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon thire oaths do Say that Stephen Wallace came to his death by being ran over by the Engine on the Palmetto Rail Road. . . while he was lying drunk on the trestle of said Rail Road and we find that the Rail Road Company was without fault

COD Short Description: 
crushed by train while drunk - alcohol was a contributing factor
Original Record: 
4231

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