Friday, May 23, 2008

Killed by a Train

New York, 1895

The north shore train on the Long Island railroad, due at Hunter's Point at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, struck and killed William Ridky at the Skillman avenue crossing. Ridky was driving across the track in a wagon when the train thundered around the curve. The horse was killed and the wagon smashed to pieces.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 15, 1895, p. 1.

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