The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-12

,witohman doe raoe "A Taught between
two Cars IN the Ttsas A faoino tnfd hnd
Killed.
Joe Price, swiichman Ia the yard Of the
Texas n Pacific road, Sas billed yesterday |
about II O'Clock, by being caught
between two cars, In the lower yard vt The
corner Of Lamar street and Pacific avenue
Two cars were standing on separate tracks
near whore they joined and one was 80
close that II would not permit the engine
to pass, and securing Il stout piece OF plank
ho put one end fit against the car that
was being pushed by the 5witch.engine,
and the other end against the cur on the
other track III order 70 push ~
forward, when the plank slipped and nc
was thrown around and caught between the
two cars, which crushed him so badly that
he died within five minutes afterwards.
The cars caught him ABOUT the breast on
either side, and though the force OF the
pressure was ever so great, the skin was
not broken. One OF the raii-
road men who saw him says that when ne
was pinned between the two cars he threw
up his hands and made noise which
sounded like an attempt TO scream when
was suppressed, and as the cars separated
| he fell Several men ran to him ana car
ried him into the Pacific house, where
he was placed upon pea,
but his head had hardy
touched the pillow before he expired. Inc
unfortunate man, who was about thirty
| EIGHT years old, had been connected with
the road for some time us switchman, and
was well thought of by those who knew
him. He leaves wife and three little
children to mourn him. he re-
sided in East Dallas. About a
| year ago he was severely crushed in the
roads yard at Fort Worth and brought 10
this city for treatment, and though his IN
iuries were of a very serious nature, he raj
lied and finally recovered. Soon after his
death his wife was made acquainted with
the facts, and she was almost distracted
with grief.
Justice Edwards, acting coroner, sum
moned jury, and an inquest was hela over
the remains.
CHARLIE ADLER,
the first witness sworn, testified: A little
after II o'clock this morning was sitting
in front of the Pacific hotel, when saw an
engine and switching car on the
Pacific railroad, and Joe Prlce,
the man who was KILLED, was
endeavoring to move car on the separate
track from that on which the engine was;
/ thought from the position OF Price that ne
would be killed; there were cars between
me and deceased, but they did not prevent
q full view of the occurrence; l ala not
know deceased he did not act like he was
drinking: an attempt had been made
to coupie two cars, but it was a
failure the deceased then got a piece OF
plank and began pushing the car
when the engine on the other track backed
down and struck the end OF the plank
which struck him in the breast; l heard
the deceased exclaim, "Oh," and saw him
fall; the deceased signed to the engine tc
advance; the plank or scantlln was ABOUT
! six feet long.
w. d. POWELL,
the second witness, testified: am stopping
in Dallas, and am from Rocky springs
Mississippi; | was sitting in front OF the
Pacific house between III ana II ociocS
a. M; saw the engine come down and
switch off on side track; one cal
had had large oil tank on it; de.
ceased put a piece of scantling. be,
f tween the two cars, but it slipped
and the cars coming together caught him
MASKING him between them don't thlnk
the scantling struck him at all. Dld mol
see deceased signal the engine to advance
: and would not have seen it if he had am
a farmer and have no connection. with the
railroad whatever; the engine and scanning
were used to push the cars, because the men
had failed; there was not room 1or tne
engine to pass the car on the side track
the engine was on one track and the cal
on the other.
VERDICT.
The Jury returned verdict that the de
ceased came to his death OIL the 9th day O
October, 1882, upon the track OF the IeXa'
q Pacific railroad at or about IL O'CLOCK q
m. by accident in trying to move or swltcL
cars on the said road.