CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD ACCIDENTS 1878

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Statement of each Casualty within the State of California resulting in Injuries to Persons, and the extent thereof, from January 1st to December 31st, 1878.

Date 1878	Name	Whether Passenger, Employee, or Otherwise	Place of Accident	Cause of Accident	Extent of Injury
January 7	William L. Dozier	Employee	Truckee	Timber fell off car	Foot slightly bruised
January 7	Patrick Bolger	Employee	Boca	Switching collision	Chest slightly injured
January 14	P. D. Wagner	Trespasser	French Camp	Collision with team	Back slightly injured
January 15	George Rich	Employee	Norwalk	Coupling cars	Hand slightly injured
January 23	James Manchester	Passenger	Tulare	Struck by train	Slight bodily injuries
January 27	John Milco	Passenger	Lathrop	Switching collision	Ankle slightly bruised
January 27	C. F. Dunn	Passenger	Lathrop	Switching collision	Arm slightly bruised
January 27	John Smith	Passenger	Lathrop	Switching collision	Side slightly bruised
January 27	Charles Starkey	Passenger	Sumner	Getting on train	Slight bodily injuries
February 6	E. D. Young	Employee	San Jose	Coupling cars	Finger slightly injured
February 8	Chinaman	Employee	Millers	Struck by train	Instantly killed
February 19	Wm Lamphrey	Employee	Colfax	Fell off train	Slight bodily bruises
February 20	Wm J. Marshall	Employee	Niles	Culvert washed out	Slight bodily bruises
February 22	J. W. Watson	Employee	Boca	Loading wood on engine	Slightly bruised
February 27	Edward St. C. Schram	Trespasser	Oakland	Getting on train	Leg and foot severely injured
February 28	Timothy Daly	Employee	South Vallejo	Struck by train	Severe bodily injuries
March 4	Theo. H. Allen	Employee	Sumner	Coupling cars	Hand slightly bruised
March 4	Charles Rost	Trespasser	Modesto	Run over by car in yard	Instantly killed
March 4	William Burton	Passenger	Langs	Train breaking apart	Head slightly bruised
March 6	E. P. Snyder	Employee	Blue Canyon	Fell from train	Two ribs fractured
March 8	A C. Smith	Employee	Oakland	Coupling cars	Hand slightly crushed
March 11	W. S. Knight	Employee	Dunnigan	Coupling cars	Finger slightly injured
March 12	John Finley	Trespasser	Oakland	Getting on train	Foot severely injured
March 12	Chinaman	Trespasser	Acampo	Run over by train	Fatally injured
March 15	Delevan Jakeway	Employee	Stockton	Jumping off train	Foot slightly sprained
March 18	M. Trump	Employee	A. R. Bridge	Jumping off train	Collar bone fractured
March 18	Joseph Currier	Trespasser	Elk Grove	Fell off break beam	Instantly killed
March 18	Unknown	Trespasser	Fruit Vale	Run over-found dead	Instantly killed
March 19	James H. Furlong	Employee	Goshen	Struck by tank spout	Head slightly bruised
March 20	Chinaman	Employee	Caliente	Jumping off train	Instantly killed
March 21	Mrs. C. J. Holman	Passenger	Sumner	Bunk of caboose fell	Shoulder slightly injured
March 23	J. De la Montayne	Trespasser	Oakland	Struck by train	Right foot amputated
March 26	Frank Hoggnez	Trespasser	A. R. Bridge	Jumping on train	Severe bodily injuries
March 27	John Powers	Trespasser	Cross Creek	Fell off break beam	Instantly killed
March 30	J. Brown	Trespasser	Gold Run	Getting on train	Foot severely crashed
March 30	John Toohey	Employee	Oakland	Coupling cars	Finger broken
March 31	W. J. Underhill	Employee	Altamont	Fell from engine	Left leg broken
April 1	Stephen Allen	Trespasser	Lathrop	Fell off moving train	Left foot amputated
April 2	Mrs. C. L. Boyers	Passenger	Decoto	Jumped off train	Left wrist broken
April 2	James Thorton	Trespasser	Nord	Getting off train	Left foot cut off

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