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Show LOST HAND ON RAIL. Thomas Whalen Sues San Pedro for SlO,000 Damages. Thomas Whalen Is suing the San Pedro, Pe-dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lako Railroad company for $10,000 damages. The plaintiff plain-tiff was assistant section foreman at Las Vegas nnd had his hand crushed. The accident happened on November 26. 1D04. Whalen wns examining tho track behind a train that wns standing on a grado. it wan his duty to tighten tho rails wherever he saw that thoy needed it while tho train was passing over them. While ho was doing this, the train slipped down tho grade llvo feet and his hand was crushed by a wheel His hand had to bo amnutated. |