Three Greene County Residents Killed in Train Wreck 1975

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RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY

 

January 02, 2009

tina@grnco.net

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/

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FEBRUARY 2 , 1975 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS

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FEBRUARY 1975 OPENED IN TRAGEDY . THREE GREENE COUNTY RESIDENTS WERE KILLED IN A FEB. 2 CAR-TRAIN CRASH NEAR HALLIDAY .

CHARLES MICHAEL THOMPSON 20 , OF PARAGOULD , DANA PORTER , 18 , OF MARMADUKE , AND BETH LANE , 19 OF PARAGOULD , DIED WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO ABANDON THEIR CAR WHICH WAS STALLED ON THE TRACKS.