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Statement of the date of each accident, the place where it occurred, the train, the cause, the extent of the injuries resulting, and the names of the persons injured, as far as the same can be given, from the information in possession of the company.

1865.

October 6. Henry Howard, who had got on a freight train without permission, fell off, near Fonda, and was killed.

October 8. James Madison got off a westward bound train at Manlius, and stepped over to the opposite track, in front of a stock train moving east; was run over and killed.

October 11. George Tanner, a deaf man, while upon the track in Rome, was struck by a passing engine, and had one of his legs so injured that it was necessary to amputate it.

October 21. John Wilder, a boy, endeavored to get upon a freight train in motion at Newark, and had one of his legs broken.

October 25. Patrick Ryan, a fireman, while cleaning out the ash pan of an engine to a freight train bound east, near Herkimer, had his right ankle crushed so that amputation was found necessary.

October 27. Dennis Hearns, a track foreman, was walking on the track, near Albany; to avoid a train moving west he crossed to the opposite track, and was struck and killed by an engine moving east.

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October 30. Charles Cowan, a freight brakeman, while on the track near Auburn, was run over and injured so that he died.

November 5. Michael Clarey, while upon the track at the Broadway crossing in Albany, to recover his hat which had blown there, was run over by an engine backing and killed.

November 10. Martin Gable, a boy, in crossing the track in Rochester, in front of a moving engine, caught his foot between one of the rails and the adjoining planking, fell, was run over and injured so that it became necessary to amputate one of his legs.

November 10. Henry Rudolph, a switchman, while climbing to the top of a car in a freight train backing into Ohio street depot in Buffalo, was squeezed to death.

November 11. John Bell, while upon the track about two miles west of Amsterdam, was run over by a local freight train and killed.

November 12. Georgianna Anguis, a girl aged three years, while upon the track in Rochester, was run over by an engine and killed.

November 16. Lewis Kaufman drove a team of horses, drawing a wagon loaded with barrels, across the track, near Seneca street, in Buffalo, directly in front of an engine, moving very slowly westward; the draw-bar of the engine caught in one of the hind wheels of the wagon, throwing off some of the barrels, and causing Kaufman to fall to the pavement, whereby he was injured so that he died.

November 21. Robert Vosburgh, while walking on the north track, about a mile west of Lyons, in order to avoid an approaching freight train, crossed over to the south track, in front of the Cincinnati express train, was struck by the engine and killed.

November 30. Alice Hesse, while walking on the track, just east of Black Rock ferry, was struck by the engine of a passing train, and killed.

December 19. Conrad Kief attempted to cross the track near Oneida, directly in front of the steamboat express train, moving east; was struck by the engine and killed.

December 20. Lewis Taylor jumped from the Cleveland express train, while passing the machine shops at West Albany, where he was employed by the company as a pattern maker, and was killed,

December 21. David Monroe, a deaf man, while walking upon the track about a mile east of Oak's Corners, was struck by the engine of the New York mail train, moving west, and was killed.

December 23. Austin Tuttle, a boy, was crossing the track at Auburn, drawing a small sled; the sled got caught by the tender of an engine that was backing, and in endeavoring to release it, he got one of his legs injured so that it was necessary to amputate it.

December 27. Edward Poulton was found dead at the side of the track at Cayuga. It is supposed that he was run over by the mail train. His legs were crushed off, and an empty bottle was found near him.

December 30. As the Cincinnati express train, moving east, at the rate of about eighteen miles per hour, was passing on a branch, at Port Byron, the switch crank broke, throwing the tender to the engine off the track, and letting the cars run on the main line and into a freight train that was standing on it. Birney Tucker, a brakeman, was injured so that he died a few hours afterward. William C. Richardson, a passenger, had his head out of one of the windows, and was struck by the tender and killed. Eight or nine other passengers were slightly bruised or otherwise injured.

1866.

January 4. John O'Brien, a lad, aged seven years, while upon the track of the "Northern Railroad," north of Lumber street, in Albany, apparently engaged in picking up chips, or cinders, was run over by a passing engine and killed.

January 8. Patrick O'Brien, an employee, fell from a work train, near Mud creek; the cars ran over him, and cut off his head.

Jauuary 13. Patrick Hurley, an employee, while crossing the track, in Albany, was struck by the engine of the Cleveland express train, moving east, and slightly injured.

January 20. Timothy Donnevan, a track laborer, got one of his feet caught in the track, at Syracuse, and an engine passing just then ran over and injured it so that amputation became necessary.

January 20. Patrick Cogan, an employee, while unloading iron at Buffalo, had one of his arms broken by being caught between two cars.

February 13. Soloman Solomans jumped off a westward bound train when it was passing Marcellus at a high rate of speed, and was injured severely in the back and head.

February 16. George Fay, a freight brakeman, was killed by his train being thrown from the track, east of Geers' station, by a broken rail.

February 21. John Hesket, F. W. Noble and D. W. Robinson were somewhat injured by the Cincinnati express train, moving east, being thrown from the track, near Lock Berlin, west of Clyde, by a broken rail.

March 3. George Wissick, in attempting to cross the track at Palmyra while intoxicated, fell, was struck by a passing engine, and had his arm injured so that it became necessary to amputate it.

March 14. Michael Gremsrod, while upon the track, about three miles west of Schenectady, was run over by the Buffalo express train and killed.

April 3. Anthony Hettig, a boy, aged nine years, in endeavoring to get upon a moving train, in Rochester, was run over and killed.

April 4. George Lawley, while upon the track, two miles east of Lyons, was run over by the New York express train, moving west, and killed.

April 18. Owen Johnson, a brakeman, while engaged in coupling freight cars at West Albany, was crushed between them and killed.

April 19. Delavan Vosburgh, a boy, while upon the track, about a mile east of Tribe's Hill, was struck by the engine of a passing train and killed.

April 19. Charles M. Johnson, a child, aged two years, got on the track near Medina, and was lying in the hollow between two ties; he raised himself up as a freight train approached, was struck and killed.

May 10. Patrick Flaherty, an emigrant, attempted to get on the train when in motion, as it started from Albany, holding a child in his arms; by some means he dropped the child between the cars, and, in endeavoring to save it, fell between the cars himself; both were run over and injured so that they died.

May 14. Mary Ann Hoff, while upon the track, under St. Paul street bridge, in Rochester, was struck by an engine backing and killed.

May 19. William H. Stevenson, in endeavoring to get on a moving freight train, at Canandaigua, had his feet partially crushed off.

May 26. Squire McIntyre, while lying (supposed to have been intoxicated) upon the track, about a mile east of Jordan, was run over and killed.

June 10. James Conklin, a young man, was found dead beside the track, near Ilion. It is supposed he had jumped off some train.

June 14. Samuel Sexton, a switchman, while uncoupling freight cars at Charlotte, was caught by a brake, thrown down, run over and killed.

June 15. Andrew Ryan, an employee, while riding on a hand car, was overtaken by a train, on the curve, about a mile and a half east of Palmyra, and while he and his companions were getting the hand car off the track, he was struck and seriously injured.

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