1878 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS

 

"Mishawaka Enterprise", Friday Evening, July 10, 1878, page 3

Crushed by the Cars.

     A. F. Baker, a brakeman on conductor Brown's freight train, had a leg terribly crushed by the cars while endeavoring to make a coupling at Osceola, last night.  They were to take on 25 stock cars at that station, and Baker was to make the couplings.  The cars were of different styles, and were difficult to connect.  In his endeavor to do the job properly it is presumed that he lost his balance, and went under the wheels, two of which passed over his right leg, crushing it to jelly(?) from the knee to the foot.  The poor fellow uttered a piercing shriek, which was heard by Zil Druliner,, the night operator at the target, who hastened out to his assistance.  With great presence of mind the wounded man had crawled out of further danger as soon as the first two wheels had passed over him.  He stood the pain bravely, but finally succombed and fainted away.  The engine took him to Elkhart in the caboose as soon as possible, where he received medical treatment