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Killed at Welland
[The Waterford Star, March 15, 1901]
M.C.R Brakeman, W.P. Johnson, met with a terrible death at Welland at 12.05 Monday morning. The train was in charge of Conductor Phoenix, and as it was pulling into Welland yard the unfortunate man fell between the engine and the first car. The whole train passed over his body cutting him in two.
The deceased, who was unmarried, was twenty-four years of age, His parents live in Otterville. E.L. Johnson, M.C.R. brakeman, is a brother of the deceased. He has been employed on the road since January of 1899, but has only had a regular run for some two months. Last summer he worked on a farm near Tilsonburg.
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