Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) –
August 27, 1905
WOMAN KILLED BY BULL. Miss Clara
Clarke, of Prince William County, the Victim.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore
Sun.] Fredericksburg, Va., Aug. 26 – Miss Clara Clarke, of Prince
William county, was killed by an infuriated bull on her brother's
farm a few days ago. Miss Clarke had driven the animal from a point
near the house, where he had intruded from a nearby pasture. While
fixing up the broken place in the fence she was suddenly attacked by
the bull without warning. Her cries brought a colored woman, who
drive off the animal, but Miss Clarke was so badly injured that she
died in a few minutes.
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[Clara Clarke was born 15 February
1848 and died 19 August 1905, the daughter of Thomas and Mary M.
Clarke. She is buried with her parents in Greenwood Presbyterian
Cemetery, Dale City, PWCo.]
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