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Fatality — Mount Jefferson, Jul 4, 1937

·Mount Jefferson·Caps Ridge Trail

55-year-old from Salem, MA

Harry A. Wheeler, 55, died of a heart attack on the Caps Ridge Trail on Mount Jefferson in July 1937.

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