Landmark Of Statesville, N. C. Aug. 24, 1883 The Rutherford College Enterprise says that one day last week while WASH SETTLEMYRE, colored, was engaged with other hands in making repairs upon the bridge over the Catawba River between Hickory and Lenoir, a large rock fell from some of the pillar work, and struck directly on the head, killing him instantly.
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