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Impossible!,
The Pelham Press, May. 1, 1897,
Vol. III, No. 6, at 1, col. 2.

IMPOSSIBLE!

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She got on the Pelham trolley car at Mt. Vernon with an air of one accustomed to riding to and from the city, and no particular attention was paid her by the other passengers.  Nothing of any importance occurred till the car reached the East 3d street bridge.  Then the passengers, who were mostly strangers, noticed that she began to look a little anxious towards ‘dead man’s curve.’  The car went around the curve and started on again; she began to fidget about, but a sigh of relief escaped her lips as the curve in front of the residence of W.H. Sparks came in sight.  The car rounded the bend gracefully and dashed on down Wolf’s Lane toward the station.  Everyone noticed that she had turned ashy pale, and when the car stopped by ‘The Pelham’ she jumped up, gave a shriek and fainted.  The passengers flew to her assistance and efforts were made to resuscitate her.  The conductor and motorman chuckled softly to themselves.  An explanation was unnecessary; they knew the cause.  The trolley car hadn’t jumped the track! 

Impossible!, The Pelham Press, Vol. III, No. 6, May 1, 1897, p. 1, col. 2.


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