Train accident in Bricksburg, 1873
New Jersey Courier 10 Apr 1873
On Wednesday last, just after the 3 o'clock p.m. freight line had left the station and was nearly opposite the foundry buildings, Robert Hoft, a boy eleven years of age, son of Herman Hoft, one of the employees at the foundry, was caught under the wheel of the rear car and his right arm crushed and mangled in a shocking manner. His two brothers, one two years older and the other younger, were near him at the time of the accident and state that he attempted to get on the car by catching hold and clinging to the iron hand rods and the speed of the train, thouugh not running at a swift rate, threw him on the track and under the forward wheel of the truck. Dr. Gordon amputated the arm, assisted by Dr. Chase. The fracture extended so far above the elbow that amputation had to me made very near the shoulder and consequently increased danger of a fatal result, or more protracted time for recovery
On Wednesday last, just after the 3 o'clock p.m. freight line had left the station and was nearly opposite the foundry buildings, Robert Hoft, a boy eleven years of age, son of Herman Hoft, one of the employees at the foundry, was caught under the wheel of the rear car and his right arm crushed and mangled in a shocking manner. His two brothers, one two years older and the other younger, were near him at the time of the accident and state that he attempted to get on the car by catching hold and clinging to the iron hand rods and the speed of the train, thouugh not running at a swift rate, threw him on the track and under the forward wheel of the truck. Dr. Gordon amputated the arm, assisted by Dr. Chase. The fracture extended so far above the elbow that amputation had to me made very near the shoulder and consequently increased danger of a fatal result, or more protracted time for recovery
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