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Lockport, PA Train Wreck, Mar 1907
Posted July 2nd, 2008 by Trish
FALL FROM TRAIN RESULTS IN DEATH
ALBERT KISSLER Tumbled Into River at Lockport Bridge
FRIENDS RESCUED THE BODY
He was hurried to Bolivar and Attended by a Physician
DEATH ENDED SUFFERINGS
ALBERT KISSLER, aged about 25, died at Bolivar on Wednesday morning of injuries received by falling from his train over the P.R.R. Bridge at Lockport, between 4 and 5 o’clock.
KISSLER was standing on the deck of a boxcar, watching for signals from the rear end, when his footing slipped and he fell 35 feet to the bank of the river, a portion of his body being submerged.
Fellow trainmen witnessed the man’s fall and hurried to the bank of the stream, where they found their friend unconscious. He was taken to Bolivar and a physician was summoned, but the injured man died in a short time.
KISSLER was employed by the P. R. R. for several years and made his home in Youngwood.
Indiana Evening Gazette, Indiana, PA 15 Mar 1907
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Transcribed by Trish. Thanks, Trish!
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