A MAN'S HEAD CUT OFF BY A RAILWAY ENGINE.
A man commoaly known as " Billy" Cooper, of the town or Van Etten, was dikingon the railroad' track at a point not far distant from his home. In crossing the railroad bridge ho made a misstep, and, slipping, fell between the ties in such a rcanne- that he was fastened too firmly to" extricate himself. Only his head remained above the ties, but his position was so cramped that he was unable to get that out of the way of danger. There, suspended in that awful manner, with the• body dangling below the bridge, he heard a train thundering along in the distance, approaching every moment nearer and near. No one will ever know the struggles for life which the poor fellow made, but they were futile, and with arms pinioned to his side he was unable to signal to the engineer. The train came sweeping upon its helpless victim until within a few feet of the spot, when the engineer saw the man's head, - and endeavoured to stop his heavy, train ; but too late, the moving mass passed over, cutting the head from the shoulders as clean as it could have been done by the guillotine itself. . J
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3756, 11 January 1881, Page 2
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208A MAN'S HEAD CUT OFF BY A RAILWAY ENGINE. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3756, 11 January 1881, Page 2
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