The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-20
ASLEEP ON THE TRACK.
A Stranger Killed by an Electric Car
at ThuldeTbOlt.

His Neck Broken and His Head
Crushed-The Man Not Discovered
Until the Car Was Within a Few
Feet of Him and Too Late to Stop.
No One Able to Identify the Body.
An unknown white man was run over
and killed by car No. l3 Of the Coast
Line railroad at Thunderbolt last night.
The man was sitting upon the track
asleep and is supposed to have been in a
drunken stupor. The accident occurred
Just beyond Anderson's pavilion. The
lights were out in the pavilion, and there
being curve in the track Just at this
point. the light from The headlight Of the
car did not fall directly upon the sleeping
man until the car was almost upon him.
j. +. Kelly was in charge Of the car,
with c. L. Best at the motor. Motorman
Best stated to a MoRNING News reporter
last night that the car was within a
length and a half Of the man before he
saw him. The car was running about
five miles an hour, he said. As soon as
he saw the man upon the track he re-
versed the current il was tOolate. how
ever, and the car struck the sleeping man
with heavy thud, knocking him over,
and the two wheels on the right side of
the car passing over his right side and
neck.
PASSED OVER HIS BODY.
The car came to a stop Just after the
second wheel passed over the body, leav-
ing the rear portion of the car pro jeCtng
over it. Policeman Lentz of ThunderbOlt
was near by and saw the man on the
track about the same time with the mo-
torman Policeman LentZ made a rush
for the man TO pull him from the track,
but was too late. The man had taken mis-
seat upon the rail on the north side of the
track and was in the position to invite
death.
The body was removed from the track
and laid on the ground alongside of it.
The man was dead by the time he was re-
moved from the track. No physician could
be had and the exact location Of his inju-
ries could not be ascertained. The right
side Of the head was slightly crushed and
it is supposed that the neck was broken.
There was cut in the right side of the
neck and it was thought that the jugular
vein had been severed or lacerated.
THE CORONER SENT FOR.
There was large crowd of people at
Thunderbolb and the killing caused a
great sensation. There were number
of passengers on the car at the time As
sistant Superintendent Halves OF the
Coast Line went out on the car, but had
Just gotten off at Winters place. He was
notified of the accident and ar
rived on the scene within ten
minutes after it happened. MIR.
Halves tried to telephone the coroner
from Thunderbolt, but the telephone was
out Of order and he could obtain no con-
nection with either the coroner's resi-
dence or the Coast line ONCE. MIR.
Hawes, Conductor Kelly and Mo
torman Best all came back t.
the city on the next car and
Acting Coroner Naughtin was notified Of
the accident He went out to Thunder
bolt to investigate it, Mr. Halves and
Motorman Best also returned to Thun-
derbolt on the II o'clock car to be present
at the investigation.
NOBODY KNEW HIM.
The man who was killed appeared to be
about As or 50 years old. He was shah
billy dressed and had the appearance of
foreigner. Some thought he was a
Norwegian, and it was said that hewas
cigar maker. He had been at Thunder
bolt all the afternoon and was said to
have been drinking heavily. No one in
the large crowd that gathered to view
the body just after the accident could
identity il