The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-23
LIFE CRUSHED OUT.
r,,I,urh. "A Switchman. Killed
-, the West Side Last
Night.
Here a Short While But
Siuod High Among the
Boys.

n, KrIiough, il switchman ON the
Nnrthcrn, went to work Saturday
IA in thr full vigOr Of manhood. in
Lima to do as ne always has, his duty
,rl, those who employ him. and
h. ~, thought in his mind that his
,,,s near. An hour Or SO afterwards
,,a. taken to the Minneapolis hotel ia
|j,ing condition. BY . o'clock In"
ly.rcian in charge pronounced life cX
II was a sudden aud d very sad
lo+h and fell like "A pail ovcr the hearts
,hc railroad boys here who knew the
l.i man when in life he assisted in
linz his part %. the diversified
Ror that moves Il great corporation
e deceased had been here bat It short
!, having started to work about the
b Of the month as Il brakeman. and
Ls then transferred to night switching.
in that brief period he had won ii
Dst nf friends. Many OF the railroad
en- here knew him in other fields of la
pr. and all agree in giving HIM the re-
tard and the homage that merit and 4
rict attention to YORK always bring. II
always customary TO speak in the kind
N way oftcntimcs in the highest praise
[of the dead. This is a cast where. from
IN that can be learned, the dead cannot
n too highly praised. Everyone seen
hst night united in eulOglcs OF the man.
/ The manner IN which John Kcllough
las killed was as follows. About half
Iast seven he started IL make "A coupling
bctwrrn a passenger coach and Il cattle
kar which was standing on a side track
back of the old depot on tn" west side.
Fine coach. which had been recently
(akrn from the Monarch branch because
N n defective draft bolt. Vas probably
Inc cause Of the accident. Tn" draft
bolt is the iron attachment which holds
fho link or coupling and it will often get
back under a car and have to hc pulled
but before a coupling can be made. This
ppr. the very second Kcllough made the
counting acted that way. The force Of
thr shock drove if away back and the
enls Of the two cars came alb
runtly together catching the unfortunate
man about the middle Of his body.
Nbcn the EARS were pulled apart he
staggered to one side and fell uncon-
.cious to the ground whore he lay until
pickcd up. AS he was being taken To IA
he half way revived and partly
up OH the platform. He had a
look in his eye and his companions
could plainly see that death was not far
Idistant. BY the time the coach reached
5this side of the river he had rclapscd
again in an unconscious state from
! which he never revived.
He was placed into a hack and driven
rapidly to the Minneapolis house. a
physician who had been summoned made
an examination of the ease and said that
the poor man was beyond all earthly aid.
Shortly after reaching the hotel the
little life left in John Kellough went out
like an eytinguishcd candle. The phySi-
elan said the liver had been ruptured
and that probably other internal injuries
had been received.
The deceased was % years old, single,
and came here recently from Winnipeg,
where he worked on the Canadian Pa
cific. He was of powerful build. stand
Ing six foot six and well proportioned.
He has IL sister in Montana, who is said
to be a teacher in some school in the
vicinity Of Helena. As to his other rela-
tivcs nothing could be learned. Until his
sister is heard from no definite arrange
nents for the funeral will be made.