The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles Moore

Date: 
November 29, 1889

Deceased

Charles Moore
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
train
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that Charles Moore came to his death by being struck by an engine on the Spartanburg Union and Columbia Railroad ... and that the occurrance was purely accidental

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. M. James
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Charles Moor
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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