NEWS: William C. SHELLY Injured, 1918, Mifflin County, PA

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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