Son of Henry and Tura (Foster) Adams; husband of Ellen - Source: IN Death Cert. #15945
Richmond Item - Richmond, IN
Thursday - 5 April 1923
Page 3 - Column 5
DIES FOLLOWING RAIL ACCIDENT
Services for Willard Adams to Be Held Saturday Afternoon
The body of Willard Adams, aged 25 years, who died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock after having been run over by a Pennsylvania freight train at Campbellstown, O., yesterday morning, will be taken to Morristown, Ind., Saturday morning. Funeral services and burial will be held there at 1 o'clock. Friends may call this evening and Friday at the home, 13 Southwest Third street.
The particulars of the accident which caused Mr. Adams' death have not been learned. The accident occurred a short distance east of the Campbellstown depot, and it is understood the train, which had been at a standstill, had started when groans were heard. The train was stopped and an investigation disclosed the fact that the train had passed over Adams, severing both legs. He was rushed to Reid Memorial hospital where he died a short time after arriving.
He is survived by a widow and two children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams, of Knightstown, Ind.
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Richmond Item - Richmond, IN
Thursday - 5 April 1923
Page 3 - Column 5
DIES FOLLOWING RAIL ACCIDENT
Services for Willard Adams to Be Held Saturday Afternoon
The body of Willard Adams, aged 25 years, who died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock after having been run over by a Pennsylvania freight train at Campbellstown, O., yesterday morning, will be taken to Morristown, Ind., Saturday morning. Funeral services and burial will be held there at 1 o'clock. Friends may call this evening and Friday at the home, 13 Southwest Third street.
The particulars of the accident which caused Mr. Adams' death have not been learned. The accident occurred a short distance east of the Campbellstown depot, and it is understood the train, which had been at a standstill, had started when groans were heard. The train was stopped and an investigation disclosed the fact that the train had passed over Adams, severing both legs. He was rushed to Reid Memorial hospital where he died a short time after arriving.
He is survived by a widow and two children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams, of Knightstown, Ind.
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Son of Henry and Tura (Foster) Adams; husband of Ellen - Source: IN Death Cert. #15945
Richmond Item - Richmond, IN
Thursday - 5 April 1923
Page 3 - Column 5
DIES FOLLOWING RAIL ACCIDENT
Services for Willard Adams to Be Held Saturday Afternoon
The body of Willard Adams, aged 25 years, who died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock after having been run over by a Pennsylvania freight train at Campbellstown, O., yesterday morning, will be taken to Morristown, Ind., Saturday morning. Funeral services and burial will be held there at 1 o'clock. Friends may call this evening and Friday at the home, 13 Southwest Third street.
The particulars of the accident which caused Mr. Adams' death have not been learned. The accident occurred a short distance east of the Campbellstown depot, and it is understood the train, which had been at a standstill, had started when groans were heard. The train was stopped and an investigation disclosed the fact that the train had passed over Adams, severing both legs. He was rushed to Reid Memorial hospital where he died a short time after arriving.
He is survived by a widow and two children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams, of Knightstown, Ind.
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Richmond Item - Richmond, IN
Thursday - 5 April 1923
Page 3 - Column 5
DIES FOLLOWING RAIL ACCIDENT
Services for Willard Adams to Be Held Saturday Afternoon
The body of Willard Adams, aged 25 years, who died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock after having been run over by a Pennsylvania freight train at Campbellstown, O., yesterday morning, will be taken to Morristown, Ind., Saturday morning. Funeral services and burial will be held there at 1 o'clock. Friends may call this evening and Friday at the home, 13 Southwest Third street.
The particulars of the accident which caused Mr. Adams' death have not been learned. The accident occurred a short distance east of the Campbellstown depot, and it is understood the train, which had been at a standstill, had started when groans were heard. The train was stopped and an investigation disclosed the fact that the train had passed over Adams, severing both legs. He was rushed to Reid Memorial hospital where he died a short time after arriving.
He is survived by a widow and two children and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Adams, of Knightstown, Ind.
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