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Subject: Athlete.Killed.At.Track.Meet.1903.Jefferson.NEWS


Athlete Killed At Track Meet. March 30, 1903
Jefferson County KyArchives News

The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. March 30, 1903 Louisville, Ky., March 28. -- R. D. Lachbridge, of the track team of the 
University of Indiana, at Bloomington, was accidentally struck in the head by a 
twelve-pound hammer at the high school athletic grounds here and killed today.  
The hammer was thrown by J. R. Horn, coach from the University of Indiana.

While Lachbridge was talking to a group of students, Horn took up a twelve- pound hammer and sent it flying through the air directly toward Lachbridge.  It 
was thrown with more force than Horn intended and before Horn could warn 
Lachbridge, the latter was struck in the forehead.  He fell unconscious, with 
blood streaming from a terrible wound in the forehead.  He was taken to an 
infirmary and died an hour later.

Submitted by: Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645



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