Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Cross, Jacob November 1, 1904
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Morning Oregonian November 2,1904
Death Cuts Short His Ride
Spanish American War Veteran Mangled Under Car Wheels
Roseburg,Or.,Nov 1-(Special)
The horrible mangled remains of a young man named Jacob cross were found on 
the railroad track near Myrtle Creek,20 miles south of Roseburg,this 
morning,Cross had evidently fallen under the wheels of a train upon which he 
had been beating his way.
Papers found on the body showed him to have been a Spanish American War 
Veteran and his age 23 years.he had enlisted in Ohio.Hes death was evidenly 
accidental.There were no eye witnesses.

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