Pocatello, ID Train Accident, Oct 1912
SECTION HAND IS KILLED
John Alisantis Run Over by Train on Short Line.
(Special Dispatch.)
POCATELLO, Oct. 28.---John Alisantis, a Greek section hand in the employ of the Short Line at Inkom three miles south of this city was run over and instantly killed yesterday afternoon by No. 14, the Boise-Salt Lake passenger southbound. There were no eye witnesses to the accident. The body was discovered beside the track with the left arm and leg severed from the trunk and the right leg terribly mangled. The funeral will take place here tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Idaho Daily Statesman, Boise, ID 29 Oct 1912
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