From: KyArchives Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 7:15 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Batts.William.1899.Breckinridge-Henderson-Jefferson.OBIT William BATTS February 6, 1899 Breckinridge-Henderson-Jefferson County KyArchives Obituaries Breckinridge News, Cloverport, Ky., Wednesday, February 8, 1899 DEATH NOTICE Page 1, INSTANTLY KILLED --WILLIAM BATTS FELL FROM A CAR AT BASKETT -- WAS NOT SEEN UNTIL FOUND DEAD ON THE TRACKS -- William BATTS, a breakman on the Henderson Route, living at 1218 13th Street, Louisville, Ky (Jefferson County), was run over and instantly killed Monday night, February 6, 1899, at 8:00 p.m. by freight train number 61 at the Baskett Coal Mines, (in Henderson County, Ky), seven miles east of Henderson, Ky. The train was a local freight, and was west-bound. Mr. BATTS was 25 years of age, and having a young wife and child. Submitted by: Peggy Russell meemawpeg7@gmail.com This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/