![Tombstone of Joseph S. Germain, St. Marys Cemetery, Brandon, Vermont [From Diane Tourville's collection]](https://i0.wp.com/www.huboutourvillegenealogy.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/IMG_0930.jpg?resize=397%2C528)
Tombstone of Joseph S. Germain, St. Marys Cemetery, Brandon, Vermont [From Diane Tourville’s collection]
Burlington Weekly Free Press, April 27, 1888, page 2
FATAL ACCIDENT AT SHELBURN
A Brakeman has Both Legs Cut off by a Train — His Injuries Fatal.
While the freight train which left Burlington at 3 o’clock Monday morning was shifting on a side track at Shelburn, Joseph S. Germain, a brakeman, slipped under the cars and had both legs cut off just above the knee. Part of the train was being backed, and two cars and the tender passed over the unfortunate man, but his cries were heard and the engine was stopped just before its hind wheels reached him. He was taken into the depot and Dr. Stoddard was summoned. It was decided to bring him to the Mary Fletcher hospital, and the train accordingly backed to this city, arriving about 4:30 o’clock. Continue reading
Jersey County Democrat, 1932 [exact date unknow, after 27 April]
This week, let’s turn our attention to the daughter of Adam Bangle and Marie Davis, Catherine (she’s also the sister of