Friday, May 30, 2008

Ryan Met Death in a Tunnel

New York, 1895

The remains of Thomas Ryan, who was killed while riding on top of a freight train on the rapid transit road at Tompkinsville, S. I., reached his home in Whitestone Sunday evening. The train was passing through a tunnel, and his head struck against the top of it, fracturing his skull and throwing him to the ground.


Broke His Leg

While backing a wagon under a shed on Saturday, Paul Rosel, of Bridgehampton, slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

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

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