Smith v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The deceased was killed and Miss Smith was injured while walking on the track of the defendant near Rockingham Junction at about quarter before seven in the evening. At this point the two main-line tracks run north and south, but the easterly track is known as the east-bound, and the other as the west-bound. These tracks are crossed at the junction by the defendant’s fine from Concord to Portsmouth, and the station building is located north and west of this intersection. The deceased and Miss Smith were struck from the rear by a portion of a freight train backing southerly on the east-bound…