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Willis E. Lewis

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Willis E. Lewis

Birth
New York, USA
Death
31 Oct 1911 (aged 42–43)
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 19, 6, 13
Memorial ID
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Born in New York. Aged 42y 6m 6d; killed in an train explosion.

Three men were seriously injured when locomotive 852, pulling a Chicago livestock train, exploded two miles east of Riverton on the Wabash railroad. Engineer Lewis of Springfield, who died a short time later at St. John's Hospital, and two others were injured. Cause for the explosion could not be positively given.
Born in New York. Aged 42y 6m 6d; killed in an train explosion.

Three men were seriously injured when locomotive 852, pulling a Chicago livestock train, exploded two miles east of Riverton on the Wabash railroad. Engineer Lewis of Springfield, who died a short time later at St. John's Hospital, and two others were injured. Cause for the explosion could not be positively given.


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  • Maintained by: BjJ
  • Originally Created by: 46831545
  • Added: Oct 17, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30649572/willis_e-lewis: accessed ), memorial page for Willis E. Lewis (1868–31 Oct 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30649572, citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).