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G.T.R. WRECK AT 'WHITBYDRIVER ELMNIRST AND BRAKES-MAN FARRELL INJURED.Double-Header Left Undtay at 6 p. m.Wrook Occurcd at 9 O'clock.I ust evening at nine eSdocfc adouble-header freight from Linduiy ciishcd Into a car lying foul on ung at \V hi toy, *David Farreli. the front brakes-nan, was on the engine, and i-adW iujuied. His leg was *ir lt;e*i in two places above the knee, acd h%« p-uU badly cut. He Ls in thu Hopital at present, i'hitlip huM. driver of one of th«x engiQis, l»ri i his foot gashed, and a ce*.pl 5of st*tches were necessary to *dj$*the wound. ^ \ *Ihn two engines—N us. 272 and were badly wrecked, the cabs Oe-jug toin off. The itrain was rychaige of Conductor A. Seaton. f town. Harry AVllson was the dr iv*m of the other engine, and wiu* un.ojured.The freight left Lindsay at s.v*clock. At Whitby a main line trainwas in me siding to allow* the ficigiit to pass. The siding could only ;»ccom modal e 27 cars and tl4i;vweft 20 on the train, thutf ieavi igone foul. It is not yet known wn -tber #it wus through the negligencaof employees. or wlicttcr others Ladbeer* tampering with the cars, out ttu weie left in thi^ condition. ? nrngine was dispatched fromuu«l returned this morning ahout 5 D%ciocfc with the w’rccked engines and i:‘; injured man. r air ell was ‘'asm ID the Koss Hospital, where ue i. r repressing fntoraoiy. His non.t i* it Stilling, and he has been m town } about iwx weeks, boarding at Mrs. Hill’s, Landsa-st, He is young, unmarried, ana has been on tb»'road but a short tune. It will ^.e to me time before he recovers. tV HI it hirst resides on Camhridg -4t sout h, is married, and has fain.lv 11 is intrry is not serious. i .♦
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Lindsay Weekly Post
Lindsay, Ontario, CA
Fri, May 03, 1907
Page 6
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