Horrible Railroad Accident.—
Henry Pickel, a resident of Lancaster city, met a horrible death on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lancaster on Friday last. He was caught by a shifting engine which dragged him twenty feet, then hurled him head-foremost under the wheels, cutting him completely in two. Mr. Pickel was a cripple and was compelled to walk with crutches. He was wounded at the battle of Bentonville, N. C., in 1865. He was married to a sister of Daniel Chohick, of this place, and paid him a visit just three weeks before the accident. He was 40 years. He was the father of three children. He was interred in Lancaster cemetery on Sunday.
~ The Lititz Record, 23-Sept-1881, Page 3, Column 1
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