NEWS: William C. SHELLY Injured, 1918, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja and Donna Thomas Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ JUMPS FROM ENGINE, INJURED. Special to the Tribune. Mifflin, Pa., Aug. 12. - William C. Shelly, 32 years old, of Newport, sustained painful if not serious injuries Sunday evening when he leaped, from the locomotive he was firing, to the tracks while running at a speed of 30 miles an hour. Shelly was employed as a brakeman, but was firing his station to relieve the fireman and it is believed the heat affected him as he walked from the fire door to the space between the engine and tank and looking ahead yelled to the engineer "switch wrong" and made the leap. His injuries, so far as the physicians could learn, consisted of ugly lacerations and contusions of the head, face and entire body. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday, August 13, 1918, page 6