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
August 23	Edward P. Snyder	Employee	Tamarack	Struck against snow sheds	Arm amputated
August 24	Thomas McDowell	Employee	Stockton	Coupling cars	Foot slightly bruised
August 24	George Henry	Employee	Oakland	Coupling cars	Thumb fractured
August 25	Frank Castro	Trespasser	Oakland	Struck by train	Skull fractured
August 26	Edward Jackson	Trespasser	Salida	Getting on train	Leg and body slightly bruised
August 30	Oscar Kincaid	Employee	Knights Landing	Coupling cars	Slight bodily injuries
August 31	S. C. Higgins	Employee	Williams	Struck against chute	Shoulder slightly injured
August 31	Charles B. Crabtree	Passenger	Emigrant Gap	Fell from train	Slightly bruised
August 31	Louis McGarvin	Trespasser	Los Angeles	Collision with wagon	Head slightly cut
August 31	Frank D. Oglesby	Employee	South Vallejo	Coupling cars	Finger slightly injured
September 2	W. J. Skinner	Employee	Bridgeport	Engine flue burst	Left leg scalded
September 5	H. Dunnan	Employee	Williams	Trying to block cars	Toe slightly bruised
September 8	James Clarke	Trespasser	Emigrant Gap	Struck by train	Head slightly cut
September 9	Chinaman	Employee	Oakland	Run over by train	Instantly killed
September 10	E. V. Marvin	Employee	Peters	Coupling cars	Thumb slightly injured
September 11	Chinaman	Employee	Avon	Jumped from train	Instantly killed
September 11	Chinaman	Employee	Avon	Jumped from train	Severely injured
September 14	W. J. Woof	Employee	Livermore	Coupling cars	Hand slightly injured
September 16	Mrs. Louisa Cruz	Trespasser	Los Angeles	Collision with team	Seriously injured
September 16	Mrs. Lucy Cruz	Trespasser	Los Angeles	Collision with team	Seriously injured
September 19	Mrs. J. H. Baxter	Passenger	Oakland	Switching collision	Very slightly injured
September 19	Geo Hawthorne	Passenger	Lathrop	Fell from train	Severe cut over right eye
September 21	Patrick Boyle	Trespasser	Berkeley	Collision with team	Arm slightly bruised
September 21	Edward Brackett	Employee	Oakland	Getting on train	Arm amputated
September 22	Chinaman	Passenger	Oakland	Jumping from train	Fatally injured
September 25	A. L. Guenleyn, supposed	Trespasser	Galt	Fell from train	Instantly killed
September 25	John Gray	Employee	Williams	Fell between cars	Leg severely cut
September 25	Martin Leisner	Trespasser	Delano	Getting on train	Foot severely injured
September 26	Robert Anderson	Employee	Lincoln	Fell from train	Foot severely injured
September 27	J. P. Rafferty	Passenger	Sycamore	Struck against chute	Slight scalp wound
October 1	John P. Jones	Employee	Oakland	Coupling cars	Finger amputated
October 1	Chinaman	Employee	Stock Yards	Fell between cars	Instantly killed
October 1	William Clancy	Employee	Lathrop	Unloading freight from train	Slightly bruised
October 2	Henry Schmidt	Trespasser	Colfax	Fell between cars	Arm and leg severely injured
October 4	T. J. Cox	Employee	Stock Yards	Unloading cattle from train	Slightly gored by a steer
October 6	J. Turney	Trespasser	Oakland	Jumping on train	Both feet amputated
October 6	Dan Sullivan	Passenger	Oakland	Jumping from train	Phase slightly bruised
October 6	S. J. Berryessa	Employee	San Pablo	Cinder blown in eye	Right eye severely burned
October 11	Indian, buck	Trespasser	Los Angeles	Getting on train	Instantly killed
October 18	O.J. Bonsall	Employee	Oakdale	Coupling cars	Fatally injured

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