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
April 2	G. E. McCoy	Employee	Los Angeles	Slipped from car	Foot slightly injured
April 3	Miss Alice Bailey	Trespasser	Alameda	Jumped off train	Right arm broken
April 6	Unknown man	Trespasser	S. J. Bridge	Run over by train	Instantly killed
April 11	Indian, buck	Trespasser	Rocklin	Getting on train	Leg amputated
April 11	Chislem Stone	Trespasser	San Jose	Getting on train	Foot severely crushed
April 12	Mrs. J. Lambrecht	Trespasser	Oakland	Run over by train	Instantly killed
April 14	Charles Laughans	Employee	Lathrop	Coupling cars	Arm and hands slightly injured
April 16	Ralph Helm	Employee	Pampa	Fell from train	Fatally injured
April 16	Charles Tofflemire	Employee	Los Angeles	Jumping from car	Burst a blood vessel
April 16	Chinaman	Employee	Tehachapi	Run over by train	Instantly killed
April 18	Mark Devine	Employee	Pino	Meeting (collision) of trains	Wrist slightly injured
April 19	George J. Fogg	Passenger	Oakland	Fell from train	Head slightly injured
April 23	Timothy Holland	Trespasser	Oakland	Getting off train	Left foot amputated
April 27	James Kavanaugh	Employee	Sacramento	Fell from train	Slight bodily bruises
April 28	Indian, buck	Trespasser	Union Mills	Fell from train	Instantly killed
May 2	Indian, buck	Trespasser	Marysville	Jumping off train	Left arm amputated
May 3	Henry Edwards	Employee	Niles	Coupling cars	Chest slightly injured
May 6	Thomas Haynes	Trespasser	Bantas	Getting on train	Instantly killed
May 9	John Grover	Employee	Strongs	Collision with hand-car	Face and knees slightly cut
May 12	J. H. Heilman	Trespasser	San Francisco	Contract and run over	Toes slightly injured
May 14	Frank Creary	Trespasser	Stockton	Getting on car	Foot amputated
May 14	Pierre Poche	Trespasser	Oakland	Run over by train	Instantly killed
May 14	Benjamin Pyatt	Employee	Mound City	Coupling cars	Finger amputated
May 16	Byron Scott	Employee	Knights Landing	Crushed between cars	Foot injured slightly
May 19	Timothy Kelly	Trespasser	Oakland	Getting on train	Leg slightly bruised
May 20	E. J. Guthrie	Employee	Florence	Fell from engine	Head slightly bruised
May 21	Unknown man	Trespasser	Ellis	Jumped from train	Leg fractured
May 21	E. Muir	Employee	Sacramento	Getting on engine	Head slightly bruised
May 22	Frank Daley	Trespasser	A. R. Bridge	Fell from train	Fatally injured
May 22	Charles Cassidy	Employee	Dutch Flat	Wheel broken under train	Fatally injured
May 24	James Wright	Trespasser	Biggs	Run over by train	Instantly killed
May 24	John Purnell	Trespasser	Sacramento	Jumping off train	Arm amputated
May 25	Edward Anderson	Employee	Sacramento	Coupling cars	Head slightly bruised
May 29	H. G. White	Employee	Oakland	Coupling cars	Instantly killed
June 1	James Kavanaugh	Employee	Junction	Fell from train	Head slightly injured
June 4	M. Repetta	Trespasser	Los Angeles	Collision with team	Slight bruises
June 4	Unknown man	Trespasser	Los Angeles	Collision with team	Slight bruises
June 6	Justin Gates	Trespasser	Sacramento	Jumping off engine	Severely injured
June 12	Mrs. Graham	Trespasser	Oakland	Struck by train	Very slightly bruised

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