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Goodsprings, Nevada



Newspaper Articles
Las Vegas Age
, September 2, 1905 [Courtesy of John McCulloch]
"KILLED BY TRAIN - DAVE GARDNER FOUND DEAD NEAR GOOD SPRINGS"
A telegram to The Age states that Salt Lake train No. 2 found the remains of Dave Gardner lying alongside the track two miles west of Good Springs Tuesday morning. There was a large hole in the side of his head and the face was badly bruised, indicating that he had been struck by a train during the night.
Gardner was employed as a pumper at the Borax station. He is well known on the desert, is almost 35 years of age and recently resided at Barstow and Daggett.
The remains were taken to Good Springs for inquest, the result of which has not been learned.


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