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(1917) Raymond Prince, 28, is one of eight men electrocuted at the Bevo plant; a coroner’s jury finds “criminal carelessness,” and his widow later wins a $3,000 settlement.

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(1918) 20-year-old Lieutenant Robinson E. Bidwell jumps to his death from a burning airplane.

In 1919, Red Bluff officially renamed its local aviation field ‘Bidwell Field’ in honor of Lieutenant Robinson E. Bidwell, who had been killed the previous year while serving as a flying instructor at Love Field, Texas.

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