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Lansing State Journal
Tuesday, 6 September 1859

         Accident and Death - The Jackson Citizen states that
       F. MORTIMER FOSTER, a young man, aged 18 years, son of
       F. M. FOSTER, ESQ., of that city, left his home about
       two weeks since, and was acting as brakeman on a freight
       train, of which his uncle, MR. F. M. LUMBARD, was con-
       ductor, and early in the morning of the 26th ult., being
       thus employed, and the deck of the cars being wet and
       slippery with dew, he was in the act of braking the
       train, but having had very little practice in such em-
       ployment, his feet slipped, and he was thrown between
       and beneath the cars, and was caught in the brake under
       the train, and one of his legs crushed nearly to the
       body.
         He was picked up and conveyed to Joliet, as soon as
       possible, and amputation of the injured limb was per-
       formed as soon as medical aid could be procured; but
       he survived the operation but a few hours, though he
       appeared to revive after the operation until a few 
       moments before he died, which was about 5 o'clock, p.m.,
       nine hours after he received the injury.
       
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