Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-02-19 | Page 9 | Street Car Transfer Caused Man's Death

STREET CAR TRANSFER CAUSED MAN'S DEATH NEW YORK. Feb. IS Lockjaw, caused by a cut on the hand from a transfer slip, caused the death of George Powers, a street car conductor, here. The cut wns sustained- two weeks ago while Powers wop tearing the slip from his book for a passenger. In this connection the Board of Health has Issued a mandate forbidding conductors con-ductors to moisten their fingers with saliva In order to separate the transfers before delivering them to passengers. Fears of dlstemlnatlng dl?easo germs caused the board"s action