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The Daily Gazette
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Obadiah Hurley and Edward Stout of Pennsgrove, N.J., were struck by a southbound express train at the Third Street crossing on the P. W. & B. R. R. around 1 a.m. Hurley suffered bruises and lost two toes; Stout had head cuts and internal injuries. Both treated at their boarding house by Dr. J. K. Kane.
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Obadiah Hurley and Edward Stout, of Pennsgrove, N. J., who board with Mrs. Cox, No. 608 East Third street, met with a serious accident, about one o'clock this morning, on the P. W. & B. R. R., at the Third street crossing.
Both men are Jersey truckers, and had left their boarding house to go down to the wharf and look after their boats. When they got to the railroad a freight train coming up, stopped, and while they were standing on the other track waiting for it to pass, the south bound New York and Washington express, the approach of which they had not observed, came around the curve and struck both men before they could leave the track. Hurley was badly bruised and two of his toes were cut off, a strange fact being that they were the second toe of each foot. Stout was seriously cut about the head and was also injured internally. Both men are now at their boarding house, their injuries having been attended to by Dr. J. K. Kane.
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Third Street Crossing On The P. W. & B. R. R., East Third Street, Pennsgrove, N. J.
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About One O'clock This Morning
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Obadiah Hurley and Edward Stout, Jersey truckers boarding at Mrs. Cox's on East Third Street, were heading to the wharf when a stopped freight train distracted them at the Third Street railroad crossing. An unobserved southbound New York and Washington express train struck them, causing Hurley bruises and loss of second toes on each foot, and Stout serious head cuts and internal injuries. Both treated by Dr. J. K. Kane at their boarding house.