Sumter County FlArchives Obituaries.....Brooks, Arthur  May 1891
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.): May 08, 1891
Fatal Injury - Tuesday morning, Arthur Brooks, a flagman on the F. C. & P. R. R.,
was run over at Summerfield, his feet and ankles so severely crushed that he was
brought to Ocala, his legs amputated and he died shortly after. It seems young
Brooks was overworked, completely worn out, and his train had run into the
Summerfield switch, to let the southbound morning train pass, but the freight train
being too long to clear the rack, Brooks was sent ahead to warn down the approaching
passenger. While standing there, he fell asleep and the first intimation he had of
the coming train was through his mutilated feet and ankles. Dr. V. V. Newsom, the R.
R. surgeon assisted by Drs. Van Hood and Jno. M. Thompson performed the operation on
Mr. Brooks at Mrs. Smith's boarding house, but at noon Tuesday he died. The young
man's parents lived at Wildwood and that too was his home to which his remains were
taken.

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