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Title
Death of Joseph Aspin
Institution
Peter White Public Library

Subject
Railroad accidents

Subject
Aspin, Joseph

Item Number
AB01a018

Type
text

Description
Article describes the accidental death of Joseph Aspin in Seney, Michigan. …while attempting to board an ore train at Seney, Joseph Aspin slipped and fell under the wheels of the cars, taking of [sic] his right leg and arm and otherwise mutilating his body. Death was instantaneous.

Death of Joseph Aspin

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