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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Dublin Core
Title
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Fatal Blaze is Attributed to Oil Stove
Description
This article explains the death of Esau Brooks. Brooks, a black man, was the equipment manager and trainer at the University of Richmond. He was killed by the oil stove in his home. He had been working at the University of Richmond since 1914, when he was hired as a trainer, and only took time off to fight in World War One, in which he won the "French Croix de Guerre."
Source
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=G6EW61KWMTQ3NzI0NTkyMC4yMzI3NzoxOjE1OjE0MS4xNjYuMTUxLjEwNA&p_action=doc&d_viewref=search&s_lastnonissuequeryname=26&p_queryname=26&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:135B950C9F3CF0C6@EANX-148E80BD1C06519B@2436128-148C75D1B3672C74@2-1494B1AD8AF5F050@
"Fatal Blaze is Attributed to Oil Stove," Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 16, 1957, p. 3. Accessed November 7, 2016. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=G6EW61KWMTQ3NzI0NTkyMC4yMzI3NzoxOjE1OjE0MS4xNjYuMTUxLjEwNA&p_action=doc&d_viewref=search&s_lastnonissuequeryname=26&p_queryname=26&p_docnum=1&p_docref=v2:135B950C9F3CF0C6@EANX-148E80BD1C06519B@2436128-148C75D1B3672C74@2-1494B1AD8AF5F050@
Date
October 16, 1957
Contributor
Megan Wirtz
Format
Coverage
Virginia Baptist Historical Society
Files
Collection
Citation
“Richmond Times-Dispatch,” Race & Racism at the University of Richmond, accessed February 22, 2019, http://memory.richmond.edu/items/show/442.