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>> Friday, February 27, 2009
Cincinnati Times-Star - 13 Jan 1910 - page 9:8
DRAWN TO DEATH UNDER WHEELS OF TRAIN
Glove of Wrecking Crew Foreman Caught in Cogs of Crane
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Because his glove fitted so tight that he could not draw his hand from it quickly, Charles Gillespie, 45 of Maple avenue, Elmwood, lost his life Thursday in the C H & D railroad yards at Sixth and Baymiller street.
Gillespie was foreman of the C H & D wrecking train crew, and was helping his men place a derailed freight car on the tracks. His glove caught in the cogs of the lifting crane of the wrecking car, and he was drawn under the wheels of the moving freight. He was crushed to death. Coroner Coe ordered the body moved to the morgue.
Cincinnati Times-Star - 13 Jan 1910 - page 9:8
