Big Four Wreck

ig Four Wreck.

The wreck of the Detroit-Cincinnati south bound flyer of the Big Four railroad occurred on June 18, 1925 near Grant. Those killed in the wreck were Clarence C. Woodward, a news dealer from Toledo, and John James, of Detroit. Clarence was 36 at the time of his death. He was buried in Toledo on June 20, 1925. John was 25 years old and an auto mechanic by trade. He was born on October 6, 1899 in South Carolina to Alice. His father is unknown. John was buried in South Carolina on June 21, 1925.

Also referenced in the article are E.F. Hayes, Crist Gainer, __ Fritz, W.R. Pfefferle, E.M. Tobey, Wm. Bocklage, F.H. Bocklage, Ann Holley, Gordon Hinton, E.E. Crook, Dwight A Facett, Clifford Sims, Frank Poag, J.F. Carroll, Wm. Finch, Helen McDonough, Wm. Graham, Ida E. Haen, and B.E. Tuslant.

 ig Four Car Burns.

Tramps were considered to have started the fire which burned a railroad car at Grant in February, 1921. John Murry was a track foreman for the Big Four railroad. The tramps were caught and locked up in the Kenton jail.

John Murray was born in 1865 in Switzerland. He immigrated to the Unites States in 1882 and became a naturalized citizen in 1885. He later married Florence E. who was born in Indiana in 1860. The date of the marriage is unknown. John and Florence had one known daughter, Opal L. Murray who was born in Ohio in 1904. She and her parents lived in Forest.