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Fatal Accident.

--Silas Karacofe, a young man about 25 years of age, and but recently married, was caught in a threshing machine, near Sangersville, in Augusta county, on the 23d of August, which tore his arm and crushed his body so severely that he died on the Monday following.

The Daily Dispatch: September 6, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. September 6, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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