The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-12-27
ACCIDENT
A Man Torn to Pieces O. : Philadel-
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore r. r.

Last Saturday afternoon, Adam shvery
came to El!lton from Upland, pretty manu-
featuring village near Chester, where he has
resided since last Spring, having at that
time removed his family, consisting of his
wife and eight children, there from the up
per part of Elk Neck, where he had resided
for many years before, for the purpose of
spending the holidays with his relatives.
His brother (Thomas) met him i'll Elkton,
and they spent the time till nearly mid
night in visiting several saloons and restau-
rants, at which they drank freely, and then
started down the railroad, intending to reach
their relatives, who reside just below the
Elk Neck crossing. But, unfortunately,
they were ove.taken a short distance below
the Little Elk creek by the 2.44 south-bound
train, and Adam was hurled into eternity.
The fireman was fixing the fire when the
unfortunate man was struck, and noticed,
when done, that some of the apparatus con-
nected with the damper Of the locomotive
had been broken: whercupon he called the
attention of the engineer to the fact, and
the train was instantly stopped, when some
shre,ls OF clothing and other evidences of
the accident We're discovered on the engine
Leaving the fireman on the locomotive, the
engineer and conductor went back a short
distance and found the mangled remains of
the unfortunate man scattered along the
track and his brother lying in an uncon-
Scious condition near to the side of it
Thomas was aroused with some difficulty,
but was unable to give any Ineligible ac-
count of the accident: indeed it was some
minutes before he could be made to under
stand that an accident had happened. But
he alterwarl identified his brother remains
BIZ powder flask that was found in one of
his pockets. 1t is supposed that the de-
ceased was sitting or lying on the track,
and that his body was hurled with such
force against his brother as to knock the
latter senSeleSs
The accident occurred near the residence
of Lewis Barber, who, shortly afterwards
being awakened ut the instance of the con-
ductor, consented to take charge Of the in
iured man and the remains of the other one:
whereupon the train proceeded. Thomas
Shivery, who was more stunned than hurt,
remained with Mr. Barber for a short time
and then wendell his way home, and the
latter gentleman went to the Ell>ton depot,
where he found that the agent and section
boss, having been informed of the accident
by the conductor, were about making ar
raugements to remove the remains to that
place.
Coroner Litzenberg early on Sunday morn
ing, summoned jury Of inquest, which,
after viewing the remains Of the dead man,
adjourned till Monday at Oh a. Il, when,
after examining the officers of the train
without eliciting any other facts, rendered
the following verdict, THAT the deceased
came to his death by being struck by train
No. on the morning of the DIST of Docem-
Der, while lying on the track in an irtoxi-
Gated condition, near the Elk Neck cross
ing, and that the employees of the railroad
company are exonerated from all blame"
At the instance of the railroad official in
Philadelphia, Doctor Tuft visited Thomas
Shivery on Sunday morning and found him
suffering from confusion upon the upper
part of the back.