James W Tatten
Submitted by Richard McCormick 10
February 2024
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, 6 April 1861
NEWPORT NEWS
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A CITIZEN-Yesterday James W Tatten, who resides on Belleview street, between York and Monmouth, met with a terrible accident a short distance above the Little Miami Depot, Cincinnati. While attempting to jump upon a locomotive he missed his footing and fell under the machine, the ponderous wheels of which passed over both his thighs, crushing them completely.
He was conveyed to his residence in this city where Dr. Blackman and Mussey,of Cincinnati, amputated the mangled limbs, but there is no possibility of his recovery.