Monroe County WV "Sick List"

Severely Injured
Mr. H. A. Dunn, of the Yard Forces Crushed Between Two Cars

Mr. H. A. Dunn, a young man employed on the yards, was caught between the bumpers of two freight cars yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock and severely mashed. He was at work on the tracks when the incident occurred, and being obscured between the cars the engineer on the yard engine did not see him until he had been caught. He was conveyed on a stretcher for medical attention to the office of Dr. Wilson, who is acting as railway surgeon int he absence of Dr. J. Francke Fox. Mr. Dunn is reported as doing very well considering the severity of his injuries.

He is 19 years old, and a son of W. H. Dunn, a prosperous farmer of near Potterstown, Monroe County, W. Va. He is a relative of Mr. L. A. Dunn, of the Southern Express Co., and had only been in the railroad's company's employ about 5 weeks. [The New Daily Telegraph (Bluefield, West Virginia), Thursday, February 27, 1896]