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15ndis th on *li-ad!Storaderli-mide-II-toc-Idme-SATOn D. 6 T. Track-Killed Near DaytonHE BEARD CAR WHISTLEatt,onm*ei-reili-80t-it-r0 r e llsQtSsf1Coofased by fright Be Steps 0oto Track Instead of Away— Dlql lo few MlaotesTGeorge EMelman was killed by a fast limited car on. the Dayton and Troy traction line about 5:3D o'clock Sunday evening ,at the Phillips bath bouse in North Dayton.The man had spent part of the day at the bath bouse. He tired of waiting at the traction stop for bis car. and gat down upon the track.Failing to bear the approach of the northbound limited, which left Dayton at 5:10 o’clock, the man sprang up at the sound of the whistle and, apparently bewildered, stepped directly in front of the car.IBefore the emergency brake could be applied the car had struck him and be was hurled quite a distance4alongside the frack. He lived but a few moments, injuries about the base of the brain having caused death.Coroner Swisher was notified. He. viewed the body and • ordered it turned over to an undertaker.George Edelman was born in Germany in 1839 and lived there until 1878, when he moved to America after the death of bis wife. He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Louis Hager, and a half brother, Joseph Koerner, both of Dayton. He had been working at various places, generally in the country, during the past twenty years, having been in the employ of Joseph Kuntz, Jr., up to the time previous to his death.He was one of the oldest members of the Knights of -St. George Inthis city..Motorman Collins was running the car. He is the motorman wuo was in charge of the,car that hit a moving van and killed the team at Van-dalia last week.
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Leader Dispatch
Piqua, Ohio, US
Tue, Jun 29, 1909
Page 8
Full Page
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Kari E.
OH, USA 31 Mar 2017
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