Old Newspapers are definitely NOT PC.
Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2010 2:40 pm
I have been looking through some old newspapers in the Cork, Ireland region to try to get through my irish ancestor brick walls and I have to say, old newspapers are definitely not politically correct. I just came across this one and had to share it:
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
An accident occurred on Friday evening at the Mallow
Junction, by which a man named John Fitzpatrick lost
his life. The unfortunate man, who was advanced in
years, and had been for a long time a sort of hanger
on at the station where he took parcels, luggage, &c.,
for passengers arriving at Mallow, was going into one
of the engine sheds, whence a locomotive happened to
be issuing at the time. The engineer did not notice
deceased, who being, it is supposed, somewhat stupid
and inactive, was struck by the buffer and knocked
down, the engine wheels passing over his body. The
poor man was killed on the spot and presented a shocking
spectacle. The death was purely accidental and solely
the result of the carelessness of the deceased.
http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1867/MAY.html
I dont think you could get away with something like this in the paper these days
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT
An accident occurred on Friday evening at the Mallow
Junction, by which a man named John Fitzpatrick lost
his life. The unfortunate man, who was advanced in
years, and had been for a long time a sort of hanger
on at the station where he took parcels, luggage, &c.,
for passengers arriving at Mallow, was going into one
of the engine sheds, whence a locomotive happened to
be issuing at the time. The engineer did not notice
deceased, who being, it is supposed, somewhat stupid
and inactive, was struck by the buffer and knocked
down, the engine wheels passing over his body. The
poor man was killed on the spot and presented a shocking
spectacle. The death was purely accidental and solely
the result of the carelessness of the deceased.
http://www.irelandoldnews.com/Cork/1867/MAY.html
I dont think you could get away with something like this in the paper these days
