Fingers Cut Off by a Car Seat

New York, 1895

Joseph Dailey, a five-year-old child, was playing about some cars in the old carshed at Far Rockaway on Friday, with some companions. Suddenly one of them dropped the seat on the boy's hand. Two of his fingers were cut off.


Settled Her Claim

Mrs. John Powell, who lives near the village of Hempstead, has accepted a proposition to settle her claim against the Long Island railroad company for the death of her husband. The company will pay the widow $1,250.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 1.