Source: The Mining Journal
Marquette, Mi.
December 31, 1892 Saturday

Fall Under the Wheels

Ishpeming - As the local freight which leaves Marquette east-
bound every morning, No. 24 was entering St. Ignace Tuesday night
at ten o'clock, G. 3. Chaffey, a brakeman making Marquette his
headquarters, fell from the side of a box car and one leg crush-
ed under the wheels. The surgeons found it necessary to amputate
the injured member just below the knee. Chaffey is 38 years old
and unmarried. His home is in Oconomowoc, Wi., where he has a
mother living.