Lula Gertrude Garrett was the daughter of George William Garrett and Sallie May Fowler Garrett.
Lula was driving her father's hogs along a railroad track on July 16, 1904 when one of them broke away and ran across the track. She went after it, running directly in front of a passing train, which struck her. Her father witnessed the accident and was almost frantic when he saw Lula on the track in front of the engine, but he was powerless to prevent her from being hit. He ran to where she had been thrown, picked her up, and carried her inside their house. She lived only a few minutes after that.
Just four months later, George and Sallie Garrett would lose another daughter, Annie. She fell off a wagon she had jumped onto for a ride to school and was run over by it.
Lula was driving her father's hogs along a railroad track on July 16, 1904 when one of them broke away and ran across the track. She went after it, running directly in front of a passing train, which struck her. Her father witnessed the accident and was almost frantic when he saw Lula on the track in front of the engine, but he was powerless to prevent her from being hit. He ran to where she had been thrown, picked her up, and carried her inside their house. She lived only a few minutes after that.
Just four months later, George and Sallie Garrett would lose another daughter, Annie. She fell off a wagon she had jumped onto for a ride to school and was run over by it.
Lula Gertrude Garrett was the daughter of George William Garrett and Sallie May Fowler Garrett.
Lula was driving her father's hogs along a railroad track on July 16, 1904 when one of them broke away and ran across the track. She went after it, running directly in front of a passing train, which struck her. Her father witnessed the accident and was almost frantic when he saw Lula on the track in front of the engine, but he was powerless to prevent her from being hit. He ran to where she had been thrown, picked her up, and carried her inside their house. She lived only a few minutes after that.
Just four months later, George and Sallie Garrett would lose another daughter, Annie. She fell off a wagon she had jumped onto for a ride to school and was run over by it.
Lula was driving her father's hogs along a railroad track on July 16, 1904 when one of them broke away and ran across the track. She went after it, running directly in front of a passing train, which struck her. Her father witnessed the accident and was almost frantic when he saw Lula on the track in front of the engine, but he was powerless to prevent her from being hit. He ran to where she had been thrown, picked her up, and carried her inside their house. She lived only a few minutes after that.
Just four months later, George and Sallie Garrett would lose another daughter, Annie. She fell off a wagon she had jumped onto for a ride to school and was run over by it.
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