Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — BRAKEMAN DIES OF INJURIES. [ARTICLE]

BRAKEMAN DIES OF INJURIES.

Logansport, Ind., August 27 William C. Johnson, age nineteen, a Panhandle brakeman running out of Logansport, whc had both legs crushed off while Switching cars at Kentland last night, is dead at St. Joseph’s hospital here. Standing in the middle of the track, Johnson tried to step on a brake beam of a car kicked into a siding and missed the step, falling under the wheels.