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- Fatal Accident
The body of James H. Cassity, a young railway employee, whose death occurred at Omaha, Nebraska, from an injury received in a railroad accident Saturday, December 11, was brought to Brookfield Tuesday. The funeral took place from the home of his parents, 403 West Helm street, Wednesday at three o’clock, the service conducted by Rev. J.H. Stidham, pastor of the Church of Christ.
The deceased was 36 years of age, son of J.W. Cassity, a Civil war veteran resident of this city, and grandson of the late Armstrong Cassity, a Grantsville township pioneer.
The Brookfield Gazette, Brookfield, Missouri. Saturday, 18 December 1915, page 1.
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- "Plattsmouth, Neb., Dec. 14 -- A. L. [sic] Cassity, Burlington switchman, died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning in an Omaha hospital from injuries received in the yards here Saturday at midnight. He leaves a wife and one small boy here, and a father and mother living in Missouri. Mr. Cassity was attempting to couple an engine to a coach and was crushed between them. The drawbar of the coach slipped downward and allowed the car and engine to come together. Mr. Cassity, who was a heavy man, was caught and crushed, so that after a lapse of an hour or so he lapse into unconsciousness." The Kearney Morning Times (Kearney, Nebraska), December 15, 1915
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