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Domestic News
December 5, 1896
The Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
The Court of Appeals affirmed a $7,000 judgment plus 10% damages against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company for the 1893 death of 16-year-old Albert O. Lang in a train collision in Newport, Kentucky, due to an open switch. Total now $8,500 with interest.
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The Court of Appeals has affirmed the judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court in favor of Albert O. Lang's administrator against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. Lang, a boy sixteen years old, was killed in July, 1893, while a passenger on a Melbourne excursion train which collided with a freight train on a side track at the head of Monmouth street, in Newport. The switch had been left open. The judgment was for $7,000, which was affirmed, with 10 per cent. damages, and now amounts, with interest, to $8,500.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Accident
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Train Collision
Court Affirmation
Railway Accident
Newport
Boy Killed
What entities or persons were involved?
Albert O. Lang
Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company
Where did it happen?
Newport
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Newport
Event Date
July, 1893
Key Persons
Albert O. Lang
Chesapeake And Ohio Railway Company
Outcome
lang killed; judgment for $7,000 affirmed with 10 per cent. damages, now amounts to $8,500 with interest.
Event Details
Albert O. Lang, a boy sixteen years old, was killed while a passenger on a Melbourne excursion train which collided with a freight train on a side track at the head of Monmouth street in Newport. The switch had been left open.