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1 story matching brakemen
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:brakesmen, brake, brakeman, bremen, brako, brakebeam
- The Price of a Shoddy Crossing
A railroad conductor is killed in a derailment caused by an improperly filled track crossing.