January 28, 1892
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From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook
January 28, 1892
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From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook
January 28, 1892
ONE KILLED, NINE INJURED In a Collision Between a Lehigh Valley and a P. R. R. Train. Special Dispatch to The North American. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 28.—A serious collision occurred at New Boston cut, near Mahanoy City, between a Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train this afternoon. Engineer Dietrich, of the Pennsylvania train, was killed, and nine passengers more or less injured, among them a son of Superintendent Blakslee, of Delano. All traffic was delayed. The Lehigh Valley train left this city at 12.32 this afternoon. It is said the Pennsylania train was behind time and was trying to make Marea switch. Both locomotives were wrecked. |
From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1892 Morbid Scrapbook
Steele Scrapbook – 1892
A Mute Mangled. A deaf mute named Peter Decker was perhaps fatally injured near Moosic yesterday. The Truth says he was walking on the railroad track when he was struck by the locomotive of a coal train. He was thrown under the wheels and sustained a dislocation or fracture of the back, and his left arm was badly crushed. He was removed to the hospital and it was found that he was paralyzed from his hips down. His arm is so crushed as to render amputation necessary and his recovery is very doubtful. Decker was about 26 years of age. Lately he has made a living by selling packages of stationery. The Times gives his name as Charles Decker and says he was in the employ of the Nay Aug engine company as a teamster. |
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Steele Scrapbook – July 7, 1885
KILLED AT A FUNERAL BANGOR, Me., July 7.—While a funeral procession was crossing the track of the Maine Central RR, near East Newport station yesterday afternoon, a carriage containing Deacon Jacob Tuttle, aged eighty, and his wife, aged seventy-five, was struck by an engine and thrown into a ditch. Mrs. Tuttle was almost instantly killed and the carriage was demolished. The engineer blew his whistle and reversed his engine, but the aged couple, being quite deaf, did not hear, and the engineer could not stop in time to avoid a collision. |
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Steele Scrapbook – January 13, 1892
A BRIDAL PARTY BADLY MANGLED.
PUEBLO, Cal., Jan. 13.—A serious ending to a wedding occurred here yesterday. John Stanks, a well-known Hungarian, and Mrs. Kobash Mara were united in marriage, and were on their way to their home in a hack accompanied by Andy Martin, who had officiated as best man at the wedding. While crossing the Santa Fe Railroad track the hack was struck by a switch engine and completely demolished. Martin and the bride were thrown under the wheels of the engine. Martin had his right leg cut off and skull fractured, and will probably die. Mrs. Stanks, the bridge, had her left arm cut off and sustained severe internal injuries, but will probably recover. The groom and driver were also seriously injured. |
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December 17, 1886
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From the collection of The Comtesse DeSpair
The 1886 Morbid Scrapbook