St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-01
HERBERT w. HEWITT DIES IN
AGONY AT ST. JOSEPH,S
HOSPITAL.
RUN DOWN BY AN ENGINE,
AND LITERALLY CUT IN TWO,
HE SURVIVED FOR AN
HOUR.
HAD WORKED ONLY A WEEK,
After II Long Spell of IdIeness-AII
His Relatives Live in En-
gland.

Herbert Hewitt, aged thirty-three,
Union Depot company, was cut di-
rectly in two by an engine in the
yards of the depot company at 6:27
last evening. He failed to hear the
approach of the engine, No. 469,
of the Great Northern road, and
stepped across the tracks just in
time to be run down by the tender.
The engine was backing up light
from the depot yards on her way
to the Great Northern shops. Moth
ing but the uproar caused by the
other trains in the vicinity could
have produced this accident. The
engine was not moving rapidly at
the time
When picked up Immediately after
wards the trunk of the unfortunate
man was attached to his limbs by
merely few shreds of flesh. He
was still conscious, but could not
speak. The patrol wagon was called
at once to remove him to st. Luke'S
hospital. On the way thither Hewitt
revived somewhat, and was able to
gasp out to officer Gibbons that he
had no relatives in this country, all
of them living in England. He also
complained sadly of the frightfu1
suffering naturally caused by being
transported in an ordinary patrol
wagon the long distance between the
union depot and the hospital. He
begged to be turned over, but the
request could not be granted, al
though it was evident that the agony
he was undergoing was eXcruciat-
ing. Had the attempt been made,
it is probable that the two sections
of the wretched man would have
separated on the spot. Twice on
this long ride of torture the suffer-
er's pulse failed, and he was sup
posed to be dead, but. each time he
revived. Nothing could illustrate
better the tenacity with which his
vigorous constitution still clung to
life Once arrived at the hospital,
Hewitt could not be placed in the
elevator with which such an insti--
tuition is usually provided. He was
transferred to a stretcher and sub
mitted upon the various stairWayS
to a renewed series of jolts and jars.
At last he reached the cot upon
which he could secure at least the
blessing of repose. But it was too
late His limbs, of course, had been
totally paralyzed, but still there re-
mained some motion to the trunk.
Heaving a long sigh and raising
wearily his arms, he expired.
Hewitt was, as stated, an En-
glishman His family live in Man
chester. He had returned but six
weeks ago from q visit to his par
ents in the old country. For a
month or so he remained idle after
his return, but went to work as q
switch tender for the Union Depot
company about week ago. He is
described as a. sober, intelligent and
reliable man. He had formerly had
the good fortune to occupy a higher
position, having served the Great
Northern railroad for some time as
a freight conductor. Previous to
taking his trip abroad he had
worked at Willmar, MINI. He was
unmarried, and not member of any
trades union or beneficial society.
He boarded at the Broadway dining
hall, Ala Broadway, and roomed in
the vicinity. His remains will be
held until his relatives can be como
municated with