The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-12-18
Henry Urion,s SAD Death.

The news of the sudden death oil
Henry Urion, who was struck by a train
at a road crossing near Bridgetou on Tues,
day afternoon, was received here shortly
| after the accident occurred, and has since
formed the principal topic Of conversation
Mr.. Urion was we'll known here, having
driven a mill wagon through town for
many years. and was until a few months
ago in the employ of Jonathan Webster, at
the East Lake mills.
The particulars of the accident are as
follows; Mr.. Urion, who since last June
has been in the employ of c. P. s T. C.
Fox, of the Daretowu roller mills, started
out as usual on Tuesday morning on his
trip to Bridgeton. He is usually accom-
panied in bis travels by Geo. F. Dubois,
who drives another wagon. Mr.. Urion de-
livered his feed and -four, and made some
! collections. He started home some few
minutes of one o'clock, going out Pearl
/ street. Mr.. Dubois. with his wagon, was
some W hours behind him. The horses
were jogging easily along out Pearl street.
and at l. 5 had nearly reached the West
Jersey railroad crossing at Carli's Corner.
At the road just above this crossing, the
engine whistle is blown to warn people TO
keep off the crossing at Carll's Corner.
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cident, it is evident the horses became
frightened, for on the roadway are a con-
fusion of imprints of horses hoofs. Then
the horses must have jumped ahead, be-
came unmanageable, sheered directly to
the right. aud crossing the track just
twelve feet fiom the wooden bridge
crossing.
The engineer, William c.. Scott, for the
first time now saw the horses and realized
the danger of the occupant, and gave sharp,
warning blasts of his engine whistle. and
applied the air brakes. The horses had.
by this time, became entirely clear of the
track, the wagon remaining directly on the
rails. The grade is quite steep on the road
at this point and the engine struck the
wagon a terrible blow Just between the
rear and front wheels.
The horses and wagon seemed picked
up entirely from the ground and carried
forward. The unfortunate Urion was car
ried one hundred and seventeen feet from
the point the wagon was first struck, when
he was thrown head first and very violently
to the ground. sustaining injuries which
caused instant death. The horses became
detached from the wagon at about this
point, through the breaking ofthe harness.
aud strange to say, we're u%ninjured, and
remained standing perfectly still until the
train hands ran back.
The was carried on a distance of
"a little over one thousand feet, before the
train could be brought to a standstill.
Along the east side of the track a deep
ridge in the ground shows where the wagon
tongue dragged along. The wagon was a
complete wreck, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the remnants could
be removed from the pilot. 1t was entirely
new, having been built at the shops Of
John Nensteal, in Woodstown. aud bad
only been run two weeks. 1t was an ex-
eellent wagon both in appearance and
strength before the accident. The body
was splintered to kindling wood, and only
one wheel remained intact. One of the
rear wheels had every spoke and the hub
broken out. One of the fore wheels was
bent right in half, The tongue and swim
g~letrees were intact.
The train backed down to the place
where the Unfortunate man had fallen upon
the east side of the track, but life WAS
nearly extinct, aud he was tenderly con-
veyed to the baggage car and taken to
Bridgeton station, where the proper an
thorities were notified.
II was found tina the entire right side
OF the skull from the cheek bone to the
base was a crushed mass, and directly
over the right eye was a jagged cut, n
the skull there was also severely fractured.
From the nose and mouth protraded elots
of blood aud the right side and back Of
the coat was 6renclled with blood. Il was