Robert Bowling, 28, tried to board a freight train while drinking, Saturday, fell between the cars and platform and his right leg was crushed. John Cooper, the next person to him grabbed him and held him to the ground till the last car passed.
The doctor amputated the leg above the knee. He never recovered from the shock and died Sunday at the home of his brother-in-law, Robert Thompson. He was buried in this cemetery.
Robert Bowling, 28, tried to board a freight train while drinking, Saturday, fell between the cars and platform and his right leg was crushed. John Cooper, the next person to him grabbed him and held him to the ground till the last car passed.
The doctor amputated the leg above the knee. He never recovered from the shock and died Sunday at the home of his brother-in-law, Robert Thompson. He was buried in this cemetery.
Family Members
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Charles F. Bowling
1838–1880
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Harriett Bowling Mahoney
1840–1906
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Mildred Ann Bowling Thompson
1842–1909
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William Sylvester Bowling Sr
1844–1912
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Elizabeth Bowling Mahoney
1846–1916
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John A. Bowling
1849–1927
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Josephine "Josie" Bowling Boone
1850–1919
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James Edward Bowling
1851–1893
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Sr Mary Florentia Bowling
1853–1929
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Stephen Gore Bowling
1856–1929
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Edward Bowling
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Robert Vincent Bowling
unknown–1851
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