The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-20
MANGLED BY WHEELS.
Terrible Fate Of a Boy Who
Jumped From a Train.
STILL ALIVE. BUT DeATH CERTAIN
Andrew Brennan Is Torn by the wheels
Of y. p. Engine-An Eye wit
ness' story OF the Accident.

The Northern Pacific overland train
due in this city yesterday afternoon az
As O'Clock. ran over Andrew Brennan,
l6-year-old boy. az the Grant street cross
ing. The mangled victim vas taken 20
Providence hospital. where he lies hover
ing between life and death. the latter SIM
ply a question OF tine. Reports as to
how the accident occurred conflict. the
railroad people claiming that the boy
jumped from the front end OF the baggage
car and was drawn under, while woman
who gas an ere witness aud boy named
Fred Nels claim Brennan was riding on
the engine unknown to the engineer.
Nels gave the following account Of what
he SAN to e reporter last evening:
'The BOYS down here sre always riding
on the trains whenever they get chance,
and when I saw Brennan tonight he vas
on the Cow catcher of the overland train,
coming in from Black River junction.
was walking toward the crossing as the
train passed me, and, seeing Brennan on
front, yelled to him: You had better get
off there. English
"He shouted back that he couid take
care of himself, and when the train was
going at its slowest just before passing the
crossing. stood up to Jump oil. Just then
the engine gave a pub. puff and shot
u,
COW catcher. thought he was killed sure
when / saw the wheels go over him and
ran forward as fast as | could. don't
think the engineer knew what had hap
pened. for ne did not stop until q brake
man yelled 10 him:
shut her down: she's grinding boy
all TO pieces.
they sent for the police patrol wagon. and
not until il arrived did they take the body
out from under the engine, near the ten
der"
Such an object rs Brennan's body has
seldom been placed in the patrol wagon.
IL was covered from head to foot with dirt.
limp and insensible, the left leg from the
knee down Tapping around and hanging
by q few remaining strands of flesh. the
second and third fingers of the left hand
crushed SO fiat that the ends looked like
the frayed ends of a WORKOUT garment,
the left wrist broken, the left shoulder dis
located, and in the back of the head
large hole, through which the brain mat
ter mingling with blood could be seen.
One of the lower leg bones lay apart from
the body. stripped of flesh as clean as if
boiled ana scraped.
At the police station about ten minutes
were taken up in getting City Physician
Palmer, after which the boy was taken to
Providence hospital and placed on the OPP
Grating table. DR.. Palmer was just Begin
ming his examination when the father,
7. j. Brennan. came in. He had heard
on the street as he was going home from
work that his son had been run over, and
FASTENED to the hospital to confirm the re-
port. Tears burst from his eyes as he
heard his son moan.
Take me out from the wheels. Lift me
up. Oh. how my leg hurts Let go oft"
He could not endure the sight and was
taken into another room, where the priest
of the hospital did all in his power TO CON-
fort him.
DIR. Palmer. assisted by Drs. Willis and
Frank Carroll. stayed with the patient
until il became apparent that his condi-
ton prohibited operating.
Brennan died at IL o'clock last night
The verbal report received at the office
of the Northern Pacific railroad was to the
effect that boy jumped off the front end
of the baggage car of the overland tram,
hit fence and was thrown back under
the wheels. A written report will be re
eeived today.
Andrew Brennan came here from Cali
fornIa with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. p.
J. Brennan, three years ago. He has not
had employment for several weeks.