Ogden Sun | 1905-08-08 | Page 8 | Accident at Railway Yards

A A IP accident A v GEORGE ROLLINS AS FINGERS BADLY CRUSHED was repairing pin chain when switch ensine backed cars together mangling digits from mondays standard about yeat afternoon george rollins a car had two fingers of his right band caught between the buffers and badly crushed he was taken to bis home where the injury was dressed by dr Per hins rolling was in the act of repairing a pin chain on a car which was among a number standing on one of the yard tracks when the accident occurred A switch engine the crew of which was not aware that rollins was working on the car backed on to the string of cars shoving them together catching rollins hand between the buffers and crushing the two middle fingers of the right hand the injured man was taken to his home where the injury was dressed it Is not thought that aa amputation will be necessary