Etowah County ALGenWeb
The Gadsden Times
Gadsden, Alabama
Monday, 4 April 1904
Page 1

NEGRO KILLED SUNDAY

Oscar Dennis, colored, was run over and killed by a switch engine at the steel plant yesterday morning at 8 o'clock.

Dennis was the fireman on the engine and slipped and fell beneath the wheels while the engine was backing. His head was crushed and he died instantly. The remains was turned over to the Woodliff-Dunlap Company.  The body was shipped today to Atlanta.