DEATH OF JOSEPH SHOEMAKER
HE IS THROWN FROM A HAND-CAR AND HIS NECK BROKE
A most singular and fatal accident occurred on last Wednesday, while a number of men employed in Hefright's quarry, near Warrior Ridge Station, were coming to Huntingdon. A hand-car, carrying some ten or twelve men, was attached, by means of a wire, held by Mr. Joseph Shoemaker, of this place, to a cattle train. The wire was fastened around some portion of the rear end of the car and the end thrown over Mr. Shoemaker's arm.
Immediately preceding the accident the hand-car was running a little faster than the train and the wire was slack. The engineer put on more steam and the train shot forward. Mr. Shoemaker was unprepared for the sudden start, and was jerked from his position on the car, turning a complete somersault, upon the track breaking his neck and otherwise injuring him. He was taken to his residence in West Huntingdon where he lingered from noon until about half past four o'clock. He was an excellent citizen, and leaves a beloved wife and numerous of friends to mourn his untimely end.
Huntingdon Journal, Wednesday, November 19, 1873, pg 3, Col I.
Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
HE IS THROWN FROM A HAND-CAR AND HIS NECK BROKE
A most singular and fatal accident occurred on last Wednesday, while a number of men employed in Hefright's quarry, near Warrior Ridge Station, were coming to Huntingdon. A hand-car, carrying some ten or twelve men, was attached, by means of a wire, held by Mr. Joseph Shoemaker, of this place, to a cattle train. The wire was fastened around some portion of the rear end of the car and the end thrown over Mr. Shoemaker's arm.
Immediately preceding the accident the hand-car was running a little faster than the train and the wire was slack. The engineer put on more steam and the train shot forward. Mr. Shoemaker was unprepared for the sudden start, and was jerked from his position on the car, turning a complete somersault, upon the track breaking his neck and otherwise injuring him. He was taken to his residence in West Huntingdon where he lingered from noon until about half past four o'clock. He was an excellent citizen, and leaves a beloved wife and numerous of friends to mourn his untimely end.
Huntingdon Journal, Wednesday, November 19, 1873, pg 3, Col I.
Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
DEATH OF JOSEPH SHOEMAKER
HE IS THROWN FROM A HAND-CAR AND HIS NECK BROKE
A most singular and fatal accident occurred on last Wednesday, while a number of men employed in Hefright's quarry, near Warrior Ridge Station, were coming to Huntingdon. A hand-car, carrying some ten or twelve men, was attached, by means of a wire, held by Mr. Joseph Shoemaker, of this place, to a cattle train. The wire was fastened around some portion of the rear end of the car and the end thrown over Mr. Shoemaker's arm.
Immediately preceding the accident the hand-car was running a little faster than the train and the wire was slack. The engineer put on more steam and the train shot forward. Mr. Shoemaker was unprepared for the sudden start, and was jerked from his position on the car, turning a complete somersault, upon the track breaking his neck and otherwise injuring him. He was taken to his residence in West Huntingdon where he lingered from noon until about half past four o'clock. He was an excellent citizen, and leaves a beloved wife and numerous of friends to mourn his untimely end.
Huntingdon Journal, Wednesday, November 19, 1873, pg 3, Col I.
Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
HE IS THROWN FROM A HAND-CAR AND HIS NECK BROKE
A most singular and fatal accident occurred on last Wednesday, while a number of men employed in Hefright's quarry, near Warrior Ridge Station, were coming to Huntingdon. A hand-car, carrying some ten or twelve men, was attached, by means of a wire, held by Mr. Joseph Shoemaker, of this place, to a cattle train. The wire was fastened around some portion of the rear end of the car and the end thrown over Mr. Shoemaker's arm.
Immediately preceding the accident the hand-car was running a little faster than the train and the wire was slack. The engineer put on more steam and the train shot forward. Mr. Shoemaker was unprepared for the sudden start, and was jerked from his position on the car, turning a complete somersault, upon the track breaking his neck and otherwise injuring him. He was taken to his residence in West Huntingdon where he lingered from noon until about half past four o'clock. He was an excellent citizen, and leaves a beloved wife and numerous of friends to mourn his untimely end.
Huntingdon Journal, Wednesday, November 19, 1873, pg 3, Col I.
Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
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