BEN C. BAKER
I.M. BRAKEMAN
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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FROM THE WEEKLY SOLIPHONE
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JAN. 26, 1915 - FRIDAY
BEN C. BAKER HAS SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS RESULT OF BROKEN COUPLING ON FREIGHT TRAIN
McGEHEE , MARCH 25 , 1915 - IRON MOUTAIN BRAKEMAN BEN C. BAKER WAS PAINFULLY CUT ABOUT THE FACE LATE MONDAY EVENING WHEN A THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN ON WHICH HE WAS EMPLOYED BROKE IN TWO NEAR SNOW LAKE .
THE TRAIN WAS RUNNING AT ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND BAKER WAS RIDING IN THE CUPALO OF THE CABOOSE. THE COUPLINGS BETWEEN TWO CARS BROKE AND THIS AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED THE AIR BRAKES TO THE CARS. THE IMPACT THREW BAKER THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE CUPALO , TERRIBLY LASCERATING HIS FACE A LARGE PIECE OF GLASS SEVERINA AN ARTERY JUST ABOVE HIS EYE .
FIRST AID TREATMENT WAS GIVEN BY THE COMPANY SURGEON AT SNOW LAKE AND THE TRAIN WAS BROUGHT INTO McGEHEE , WHERE BAKER WAS ATTENDED BY DR. A.C. HEARN IN THE LOCAL COMPANY HOSPITAL.
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