in Conesus, Livingston County, New York.
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The Livonia Gazette
Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, October 10, 1890
Mrs. Horace Wing of Dansville recently received news of the death of her oldest brother, Mr. Lewis F. Wright, of Newaygo, Mich. He attended soldiers reunion at that place on 22dult., and the next morning was found dead on the railroad tracks a train having passed over his body. He was in his sixty-eighth year. His father's family were once residents of Livingston county. It is three years last August since a brother was killed in the Chatsworth disaster.
NOTATION: The Great Chatsworth train wreck was a major rail accident that occurred late on the night of August 10, 1887, 3 miles east of Chatsworth, Illinois. A Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train bound for Niagara Falls crossed over a trestle, weakened earlier in the day by a fire, causing it to collapse.
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in Conesus, Livingston County, New York.
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The Livonia Gazette
Livonia, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, October 10, 1890
Mrs. Horace Wing of Dansville recently received news of the death of her oldest brother, Mr. Lewis F. Wright, of Newaygo, Mich. He attended soldiers reunion at that place on 22dult., and the next morning was found dead on the railroad tracks a train having passed over his body. He was in his sixty-eighth year. His father's family were once residents of Livingston county. It is three years last August since a brother was killed in the Chatsworth disaster.
NOTATION: The Great Chatsworth train wreck was a major rail accident that occurred late on the night of August 10, 1887, 3 miles east of Chatsworth, Illinois. A Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad (TP&W) train bound for Niagara Falls crossed over a trestle, weakened earlier in the day by a fire, causing it to collapse.
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