The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-06-23
INSTANTLY KILLED.


MIR. Cecil y. Weaver, of This Town, struck
by u Bridge and Instantly Killed.
The people OF this town were shocked
on Tuesday evening when the iniorma.
/ ton arrived that Mr.. Cecil F. Weaver, n
well known and popular young man had
been killed INSTANTLY.
Mr.. Weaver left here on Monday morn
ing for Washington, ID. G. He was a
/ postal railway clerk and his run was
from that city TO Grafton, West
| Virginia. and return. L. was on
the return trip that the terrible accident
which SO untimelv closed his lite hap
peued. As is well known mails are
caught at stations whore trains do not
stop by means of an iron crane catching
the bag which has been fastened to "A
post in such manner as To be easily dis
lodged. Mr.. Weaver. who Was well &C
quaiuted with the mode hAvi z been in
the mail service many Years, set his crane
30 catch a mail bag, lew hundred yards
ii'ii W Idb Ndp'i. w tSl ' II mia, Il
small station ON the Baltimore 4 OHIO
railroad. The details OF what happened
aiIerward will never br ku"wu. ii,nIe he
ing no witness oI Ltic hu! rib,e uccui renee.
Maj Anderson, the head clerk of the
car thinking that Nr. Weaver hid been
rather long in handbag him the mail for
RI Of rib II rnrpnI r,I:Iuh ~ ISL thn
cause of the delay. The sight that met
his eyes was such that has since rendered
him i'll. Mr.. WcaveI's body WAS lying
against the paper stand near the d nor
His head had beru struck at the back
and the entire upper p 'rtion Knocked of.
Que ley hung ont nt t e ear Il Ior ami
the other WAS doubled up under the 'dy.
While it is not known x,crls nov the
accident happeued til" postal men believe
they have IA correct idea. When the mail
bag was caught by the crd ie IL VAS II such
il way, TIE bag btinr Ia &c here it was
caught, that it was difficult to remove
The crane was SWING in to the car door
and i'll attempting tnrcihiy I" d!slodge
the bag, Mr.. Weaver's head was out of
the do,,r short dist nee IA ,ut three
hundred yards from whore the bag was
caught is an iron brl,ge. 1t had recently
been strengthened by placing heavy tim
bers on the inside. This made the dis
lance between the AID rhe nrid.e very
small. Much less Than - usual. Mr..
w aver WAS struck b.; nue ui tbr;: tim
beers. HIS remains Arrc ttnught 10 Eik
ION on the tram reaching here ahon II 80
which stopped on that accoun'.
Mr. Weaver was born in the Third Dis
trict of this county and was about 81
years of age. His father Samuel Weaver
served in the Union army during the lato
war and died in 1871 of illness contracted
while in the service. His mother. Mrs |
Sarah Weaver, survives him and resides
in this town.
When a youth he entered the office of
The CECIL WING aud thoroughly mas
tered the printing trade. He also assisted |
the editor in the local department. When
still youth he secured position in the |
Government printing office. He was in |
1872 appointed to a position as railway |
postal clerk By Hon. J. A. ]. Creswell |
aud continued in that position until the |
time of his death, period of about SIX
teen years. His first run was on the |
Fort Scott & Topeka railroad ald he |
lived at Fort Scott, K .nsas. After being
there about five years he was changed to
the route from Washington to New York.
In 1878 he married Miss Harriet Ash,
of this town, who with one child, aged
five years, survives him. He also leaves
two brothers, James Weaver, of Pnila-
delphia, and Emory Weaver, of Elkton.
Mr.. Weaver was man of very social
and kindly nature. His associates es-
teemed him highly for his many good
traits. His affection for his family was
great and he was the support of his
mother in her declining years. He was
a member of Cecil Lodge, No. &c. An
cient Order OF United Workmen and his
widow receives Two thousand dollars from
that order.
His funeral was held on Thursday after
noon and was largely attended. Rev.
Chas. Hill, OF the Elkton NJ. E. Church,
officiated. The members of the lodge. of
which he was a member, attended in a
body. The floral decorations were very
profuse and handsome. A broken col
umn, contributed by rumber Of the
young friends of the deceased, we're very
as were also two pillars, one
from the lodge and the other from the
railway mail service. Several postal ms n
were in attendance. The bearers
were L NJ. Haines, Daniel Brattou.
Hester Hess, John T. Bennett, Harry
G. Hurn and Joseph L. Wells. Interment
in the Elkton cemetery.