t)egan to totter and soon fell from the platform…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

t)egan to totter and soon fell from the platform. After falling he was dragged 200 yards by the bell rope, which had in some way become wrap- ped around his arm. When he was reached he was about dead, giving only two or three groans. The train was still running, and would not have stopped had not the hostler of the engine that brought in the Memphis train realized the situa- tion and blowed the “down whistle,” upon which the train pulled up.