Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Portsmouth, Ohio” in article 4 of The Daily Dispatch: November 9, 1860., [Electronic resource]:
...st by being thrown from his horse.
A sad incident connected with the catastrophe was that only a few moments after Mr. Thompkins' death a dispatch came for him, requesting his immediate presence in Portsmouth, Ohio , where his brother had met with an accident and was not expected to live.
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