"Brakeman" Smith (ca. 1857-1885)

SMITH

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/24/2015 at 20:18:26

From Nevada Representative September 30, 1885

--Brakeman Smith, of the Northwestern railway freight train No. 6 was run over and his ankle crushed, while coupling cars at Ontario Friday morning. His foot was amputated at Ames, but he died at 8:45. He was twenty-eight years old, lived at Belle Plaine and leaves a wife and two children. It was his first trip out. He stepped into a cattle guard.