Charles Hunter Dukeman died attempting to save John C. McFarland from being killed by a train, Bells Landing, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1924. McFarland, 39, brakeman, fell from the end of a car and lay on his stomach across the rail just as the car began to move toward McFarland and another car but six feet distant. Dukeman, 39, brakeman, who was standing on the opposite side of the track, realized McFarland’s danger and attempted to go between the cars to him. He was crushed as the couplers came together, and he died in less than an hour. McFarland in the meantime had crawled off the track and was uninjured. 24984-2016
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