Tragedy on the Night Train
A traveler is found severely injured after being thrown from a train near Roosevelt.
A strange man, giving his name as August Johnson, was thrown from one of the night trains last week and was hurt quite badly. Two fingers were cut off and his arm badly cut. After dressing the wounds as well as could be with the meagre means at hand, C. C. Crowe, the agent, took the injured man to Roosevelt on the speeder where a doctor from Arlington gave him care, till the afternoon train arrived to take him to Portland.
“After dressing the wounds as well as could be with the meagre means at hand, C. C. Crowe, the agent, took the injured man to Roosevelt.”
This incident reflects the dangers of mid-century freight and passenger rail travel, where workers and transient men often faced life-altering injuries with little recourse. It serves as a reminder of the human cost hidden behind the growth of the region's rail infrastructure.
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