FOSTER, John - 1901 - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

John Foster, of Terre Haute, a Vandalia freight brakeman, met an accidental death last Thursday at Darlington. The local freight was switching and Foster was riding on the engine, and as he jumped off to unlock a switch his foot slipped and he pitched head first into the boxing of a car on an adjacent track. His skull was fractured and he was otherwise injured. He was put onto the evening train to be taken to Terre Haute, but died enroute between New Market and Waveland. Foster was 27 years old and unmarried - "S"