Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-05-02
CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
A Marion County Pioneer Probably
Loses His Life.

The train crew of the Roseburg
local brought the news to Salem
just before noon that a man had
been run over and probably killed
by that train at Gervais. 1t was
soon learned that the unfortunate
person was the old French Prairie
pioneer and prominent citizen E.
Simon Gregoire.
AN EYE WITNESS.
Frank Miller, secretary of the
state board of railway commits
sioners, was on the engine, and was
probably the only one who saw the
whole occurrence. He says while
the train was standing at Gervais
station he saw Gregoire climb upon
the steps of the blind end of the
mail car next the tender. Gregoire
has but one arm, and as was learned
afterwards, had been drinking, and
in trying to climb upon the platform
fell between the mail and tender.
No one on the side toward the depot
saw him. AT the moment he fell
the conductor gave the signal to the
engineer to start. He pulled the
throttle in haste as the train
was twenty minutes behind time.
Mr.. Miller's attention was on the
man under tine train and the mo-
ment he heard the steam hiss and
felt the locomotive move, he called
to the engineer
FOR GODS SAKE, STOP
1t was too late. The engineer ap-
piled the air brakes Immediately,
but not before the train had moved
ten feet, one wheel of the mail car
trucks passing over both of Gregoire's
legs.
HOW HE FELL.
Gregoire fell with his head to the
north, his feet striking out over
the rail. His left leg was crushed
up close to his body, and his right
leg at the ankle, both in a diagonal
manner. The limbs were hanging to
the body when it was taken out from
under the cars, and he almost imme-
diately became unconscious. He
cried out when the wheel passed
over him, aud groaned a few times
after that He had reached up and
was clinging desperately to the
brake rods, when he was removed.
A man across the street at McHin-
ley Mitchell's store had seen him
fall and came running across to give
the alarm, when the train started.
Simon had been drinking and had
bottle with him when he was hurt.
NO DOCTORS
were in town, both being off on
calls when the accident occurred.
A doctor was sent for from Wood
burn, aud there was long painful
wait in store for the injured man.
Mr.. Gregoire is well known in all
parts Of this county, and had only
recently been in Salem settling up
an estate. He is highly respected
pioneer of French prairie.
Mr.. Miller says he will have to
have his legs cut off and it is doubt
if he can survive the operation. No
blame is attached to the train crew
as it all happened so quickly that it
WAS impossible for any of them to
have prevented the accident.
GERvAIs, Ore, May 2.--As the
south bound Roseburg local Started
his IA. NJ, f. S. Gregoire, man
about SO years of age, attempted to
jump on the train from the opposite
side of the platform, be only had
one arm and was intoxicated, fell
with one foot over the rail, his body
between the rails and went under
the train the wheels; passed over bis
left foot, mashed it off aud also
crushing his limbs before the train
stopped and he was found dying on
the track. He died in about 80
minutes after the accident but, never
regained consciousness. No blame
Whatever was attached to the COM
pauy or trainmen as he attempted to
board the train after it was in
motion and from the wrong side.
Tnele will e no inquest. He was
an old pioneer, French Canadian,
and was quite well Of and well