Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — The Trolley Burst His Head. [ARTICLE]

The Trolley Burst His Head.

John Browkaw, a bicyclist, 24 y*ars dd, was training for a road race at Wheeling, TV. Va., last week and was uffig a trolley car In the southern suburb as a pacemaker, following the car at a safe distance. The car slackened its speed and Browkaw decided to pass It. He turned out, head down, Into the other track Just In time to collide with another car coming in the opposite direction. Ills head struck the front of the car with terrible force, bursting his skull and killing him instantly. The bicycle was not damaged.