Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-04
Inquest ovss Remains Of Mrs.. Flynn.
Killed at Winslow.
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WArExynLE, Nov. 3. - Immediately
after the accident at winslow on Sunday,
which resulted in the death Of Mrs. Thomas
Flynn, brief report Of which was pub
llshed in yesterdays JOURNAL. Coroner W.
Il. Edwards Of this city was sent for and
immediately proceeded 70 the scene and
summoned jury, IS follows. for the pur-
pose Of holding an inquest J. W. Bassett,
c. c. Cornish, Geo. A. Warren. P. F. Lar
kin, j. NJ. Taylor and j. p. Pollard After
viewing the body a. it lay in the depot, al
adjournment was made to L. d. Carvers
Office, at 10 O'Clock. Monday.
At the time appointed, Ellery L. Jones Of
Corinna and Elmer L. Jones of Winslow
testified to the finding Of the body Of Mrs.
Flynn by the side Of the railroad track, the
position in which it lay, and the wounds
which they noticed at the time of the acci-
dent. They we're prevented from seeing
The woman when she vas struck by some
box cars which were on siding between
them and the moving train. They assisted
in putting the body into one of the cars,
after which the train backed up TO the
station.
Nellie Larkin testified 10 seeing Mrs.
Flynn on the track. and calling out to her
to get out of the way Of the approaching
train; she did not heed the warning, but
looked at the train until it struck her. She
was outside the rail, but quite near it.
DR.. f. c. Thayer testified that he vas
taken over to Winslow by Mr.. Alden, sup
posing At the time that the woman was
alive. He found her dead, and made only
8 cursory examination. Her arm was
found to be fractured and there was q wound
upon the side OF her head which might
have caused death. At this point the inves-
tgation was adjourned till 2 2. M, when
the conductor and engineer of the train
would be present to give their testimony
on the matter.
At P. NJ, Charles NJ. Benjamin, con-
ductor, of Portland, on train 1873, testified
that when the train was between the station
and Dustin's Crossing, the engineer
whistled for brakes and that the train was
stopped ss soon As possible, when one of
the train men came back and said that q
woman had been struck. She was take n
into the car and carried back to the station,
where she was left. The train was running
from l2 to IA miles per hour.
The engineer. John A. St. Clair, said he
saw the woman walking between the main
track and siding, that she crossed the
track and continued on just outside
the rail, and the fireman shouted
to her and just as the engine came up
where she was, she turned closer to the
track, and was struck. No steam was be-
ing worked, and the train which contained
twenty-six cars. was moving twelve to fif-
teen miles an hour. Every possible effort
was made to stop it. The woman appeared
to be engaged with. something which she
carried iu her hands. The following YER
dict was rendered by the jury:
That Honora Flyan of vassalboro, came
to her death on the I'd day of November at
about ! / A. NJ. OIL the track of the Maine
Central K. r. Co. at a point thereon mid
way between the station in Winslow and
Dustin crossing so called, by being struck
by the engine attached to train l2S moving
at the rate of about about miles an hour
on its way to Portland, while she was
moving in the opposite direction, on or
very near the track. We further find that
the employees of said company on said
train did all in their power to avoid acci-
dent and that no blame is to be attached to
them for the accident.
Mrs. Flynn was 50 years of age and has
been of unsound mind for several years.
At the time of her death she was evidently
telling her beads which the conductor af-
terwards picked up nesr the track.