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Show KIT. PLEASANT VICTIMS. David Wilcox Resided at That Place. Alt. Pleasant. May J. Local inter.--. in the appalling Soofiokl horror, whi-h is overwhelming to all in its generr.I ijense. is heightened in this city by t!i-r fact that a young man from here wa.'i among thos-e who were called upon p give up thtir lives in the terrible calamity. ca-lamity. A menage received here this morning morn-ing from Xiel Madsen, who went over-last over-last weJ sajs that David Wilcox. second son of Mrs. Candace R Wilcox. a highly respecte-d widow lady of thi.-s city, is among the killed. Th- me.-s.ig--. further states that the remain.- xvili 1 be brought here by .?r. .Madsen as ' yoon as possible, probably tomorrow. tar burial. Xo particulars beyond this have been received a yet. 3Jr. Wilcox left here about Jan. 1 and went to Scofield in search of employment. em-ployment. For some time he was unable un-able to secure a poa-ticn and remain-d . there idle, but ir seems, unfortunat-- ' ly, as it tranoiT? he xvas given the I ' desired ernoloyment in. time to be nurn- bered as. one of the unfortunates ef ! the axvful explosion. Member? of the family of deeea d are grieving bitterly, and his mother is almost heartbrckeu. The first infer- j ; matien of the accident contained noth- i ing that gave them a hint of their los-s and it wa. not until this morning that they learned of the truth. A number of young men from her? have been employed there all winter and just recently came home. |