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Mount Summit, IN Fell Under the Train, Nov 1896

Posted June 19th, 2008 by Linda Horton

Had Both Legs Cut Off.

MOUNT SUMMIT, Ind., Nov. 9,---Thomas Roberson, aged 22, jumped on a Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville freight train to ride to Newcastle, fell under the car and had both legs cut off at the knees. He was the son of Caleb Roberson and the only support of a widowed mother.

Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 9 Nov 1896

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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!

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