Son of John Wesley Bessinger and Sarah Elizabeth Preacher.
JAMES J BESSINGER IS KILLED BY TRAIN
Deafness and Rain Cause Him to be Oblivious of Rapidly Approaching Train
Fairfax, Jan 3 [1912] -- James J Bessinger, 58 years old, was run over and crushed to death within 200 yards of the union station here this afternoon by passenger train No 84 on the Seaboard Air Line railway. Mr Bessinger attempted to cross the railroad track when the train was within a few hundred feet of him. Being very deaf, he could not hear it and as it was raining and he was carrying an umbrella, he could not see it. Mr Bessinger leaves a wife, two sons and other relatives.
Jan 4, 1912, The State, Columbia, SC.
JAMES J BESSINGER IS KILLED BY TRAIN
Deafness and Rain Cause Him to be Oblivious of Rapidly Approaching Train
Fairfax, Jan 3 [1912] -- James J Bessinger, 58 years old, was run over and crushed to death within 200 yards of the union station here this afternoon by passenger train No 84 on the Seaboard Air Line railway. Mr Bessinger attempted to cross the railroad track when the train was within a few hundred feet of him. Being very deaf, he could not hear it and as it was raining and he was carrying an umbrella, he could not see it. Mr Bessinger leaves a wife, two sons and other relatives.
Jan 4, 1912, The State, Columbia, SC.
Son of John Wesley Bessinger and Sarah Elizabeth Preacher.
JAMES J BESSINGER IS KILLED BY TRAIN
Deafness and Rain Cause Him to be Oblivious of Rapidly Approaching Train
Fairfax, Jan 3 [1912] -- James J Bessinger, 58 years old, was run over and crushed to death within 200 yards of the union station here this afternoon by passenger train No 84 on the Seaboard Air Line railway. Mr Bessinger attempted to cross the railroad track when the train was within a few hundred feet of him. Being very deaf, he could not hear it and as it was raining and he was carrying an umbrella, he could not see it. Mr Bessinger leaves a wife, two sons and other relatives.
Jan 4, 1912, The State, Columbia, SC.
JAMES J BESSINGER IS KILLED BY TRAIN
Deafness and Rain Cause Him to be Oblivious of Rapidly Approaching Train
Fairfax, Jan 3 [1912] -- James J Bessinger, 58 years old, was run over and crushed to death within 200 yards of the union station here this afternoon by passenger train No 84 on the Seaboard Air Line railway. Mr Bessinger attempted to cross the railroad track when the train was within a few hundred feet of him. Being very deaf, he could not hear it and as it was raining and he was carrying an umbrella, he could not see it. Mr Bessinger leaves a wife, two sons and other relatives.
Jan 4, 1912, The State, Columbia, SC.
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