Sunday, September 14, 2008

Girl Killed by the Cars.

New York, 1895

Fannie Reilly, aged 12 years, the daughter of Owen Reilly of Far Rockaway, while crossing the Long Island railroad track at Clark avenue was struck by a train on Saturday morning and instantly killed. The crossing is just in the center of a very sharp curve and is unprotected by either gate or flagman. Coroner Combes of Inwood will hold an inquest.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, July 5, 1895, p. 1.

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