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Show Former Dixie Man Killed in Waterwheel Clyde Eugene Perkins, 34, of Overton, Over-ton, Nev., was instantly killed Friday morning when he slipped and fell into in-to a waterwheel used to pump water onto his field. He had leased the Weiser ranch in the upper Muddy valley, and had some hired men working with him. It was necessary to get on the wheel to start it, and as he did so, he slipped and fell in the way of one of the paddles. pad-dles. One of the men noticed that the wheel was not moving and saw him jammed in the ditch below. It was necessary to turn the water out of the canal in order to get him out. Washington County News. |