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Dolphus Earl Finnell

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Dolphus Earl Finnell

Birth
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Aug 1910 (aged 28)
Blackwater, Cooper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Finnell, a railroad engineer from Jefferson City, was one of five people killed in an early morning collision between two fast-moving Missouri Pacific freight trains near Blackwater, Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the cause of the accident to be human error: the railroad telegraph operator at Boonville fell asleep on duty and failed to signal to the engineers which train had right of way.
Finnell, a railroad engineer from Jefferson City, was one of five people killed in an early morning collision between two fast-moving Missouri Pacific freight trains near Blackwater, Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the cause of the accident to be human error: the railroad telegraph operator at Boonville fell asleep on duty and failed to signal to the engineers which train had right of way.

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  • Created by: JMW
  • Added: Jul 5, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20304201/dolphus_earl-finnell: accessed ), memorial page for Dolphus Earl Finnell (13 Feb 1882–26 Aug 1910), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20304201, citing Saint Peters Cemetery #2, Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by JMW (contributor 46782742).