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In the Great Basin – Luning, Nevada

Historical News of Misdemeanor, Felony and Internment
Death and Near Misses by Natural Causes, Accidents and Human Hand

compiled from newspaper research
by David A. Wright


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Beatty Bullfrog Miner – Beatty, Nevada [was called the Bullfrog Miner during first two months of publication – not to be confused with the Bullfrog Miner, of Rhyolite, Nevada]

Inyo Independent
– Independence, California
Inyo Register – Bishop, California
Rhyolite Herald – Rhyolite, Nevada


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Luning, Nevada



Newspaper Articles

1905

Inyo Register, April 20, 1905
A man named Burt Williams was run over and decapitated by a C&C train between Lunning and Hawthorne Tuesday. He was being taken to Hawthorne under arrest from Goldfield and it is believed he took this method of committing suicide.


1906

Inyo Register, January 4, 1906
Summary: Archie McCormick, miner, shot three times by J.A. Tracy and killed at Luning. Tracy ruled not guilty by means of self defense.


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