Narravo County Newspaper Clippings
| The Langston City Herald,
Langston City, O. T. October 19, 1895 A Theatre Wrecked Terrific Gas Explosion At Corsicana, Texas Carelessness by a Stage Employee Causes the Loss of Two Lives and Much Damage to Property Corsicana, Texas, Oct. 10 – At 3:30 yesterday afternoon a terrific explosion occurred in the Merchant’s opera house, where the Devil’s Auction company were preparing to play last night. A force of stage workmen were engaged in readjusting the scenery and otherwise getting the stage in shape, and Harry Cooley, master of transportation and manager of the calcium lights, was testing a cylinder. There arose some doubt as to whether or not it contained black gas, and a bystander suggested that he try it with a match. He struck the match and touched it to the cylinder and the explosion at once followed, wrecking the scenery and tearing out two windows thirty feet distant. When the scenery was removed and the smoke and gas cleared away, Harry Cooley was found lying in a pool of blood. He was disemboweled and one of his legs blown entirely off. The following is a list of the killed and injured: Harry Cooley, killed. Walter Moore of Kansas City, property man, Devil’s Auction Company, killed. |
| Vernon Clipper (Lamar County, AL) Aug. 22, 1879 Two estimable young ladies of Corsicana, Texas, Misses Sallie and Eva Sherrill, on the 7th went out riding upon two spirited horses. When returning home, Miss Eva’s horse became frightened and threw her, breaking her neck. This frightened Miss Sallie’s horse, who also threw her, and, her skirt catching in the horn of the saddle, she was dragged some distance, the horse kicking her in the face, but not fatally. Mrs. Sherrill, the mother, ran out, and seeing the bodies of her daughters fainted and, temporarily at least, lost her reason. [Transcribed and submitted by Veneta McKinney] |
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Dallas
Morning News
Corsicana , Tex. , July 29. – Mrs. L. F. Watkins died at the residence of Mrs. Mollie White, No. 912 South Eighteenth street , last night, and was buried this afternoon at 6 o’clock in Oakwood cemetery.
Corsicana , Tex. , July 28. – Columbus Brown, aged 73, a colored farmer of the Kerens neighborhood, died at his home last night and was buried today. Deceased left an estate valued at over $25,000. A considerable portion of it was cash. He left no will. [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman] |
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Dallas
Morning News
Ennis, Ellis Co., Tex. , July 25. – Mrs. F. R. Ransom, aged about 70 years, died here last night. She was the mother-in-law of Chief Train Dispatcher J. P. Mann and Conductor J. S. Telfair of the Central. A special train carried the funeral party to Corsicana today.
Corsaicana , Tex. , July 25. – Mrs. J. R. Ransom died in Ennis yesterday and her remains were brought to Corsicana on a special train this afternoon and interred in Oakwood cemetery. A large number of the leading people of the city met the funeral party at the depot and joined in the procession to the grave. Mrs. Ransom was the mother of Mrs. John O. Shook and Messrs. S. M. and Will Ransome of this city. [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman] |
| Dallas
Morning News 13 Nov. 1919 Corsicana , Texas , Nov. 12. – According to information reaching here from Texahoma, Ok., Calvin N. White died here yesterday. Before going to Oklahoma Mr. White was a resident of Navarro County . He has two children, N. S. and L. L. White, residing at Retreat, this county. The body will be brought here for burial. [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman] |
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Corsicana
Semi-Weekly Light (Corsicana, Texas)
Thomas D. Sands, aged sixty-six years, and for many years a good citizen of Navarro County, died at his home there Saturday night after a long illness, and the remains were interred in the neighborhood cemetery yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of friends and neighbors. The deceased was never married, but is survived by a venerable mother, now ninety-two years of age, and a number of sisters, and several nieces and nephews, among the latter being Messrs. Claude and Joe Sands of Corsicana. -- [Transcribed and Submitted by Marla Zwakman] |
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Corsicana
Semi-Weekly Light
(Corsicana, Texas) Died
at Barry. |