Friday, August 8, 2008

Caught Between the Bumpers.

New York, 1895

Edward Furman, a brakeman, while coupling cars at Amagansett on Sunday, was caught between the bumpers of the parlor cars and seriously injured. He was extricated and taken by train to Long Island City.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 14, 1895, p. 1.

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