The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-02
Body Of a Man Found This
Morning on Railroad
Terribly Mangled.
He Was Killed Sometime During
the Night and His Identity
is Unknown.
FATALITY TODAYAT PROVIDENCE
Thomas Mccormick Meets a Similar Fate at
the Charles Street Yard of the
Consolidated Road.

While on their way to work at Gas
o'clock this morning two young men made
horrible discovery on the railroad at the
Clay street bridge between this city and
Central Falls. They found the horrible
mutilated body Of a man, who had been
struck by a train during the night. The
scene was well calculated to strike horror
into strong hearts. After making the dis
covery the boys hurried to the Central
Falls depot and notified the station master,
who, ip company with Chief Goldsmith of
Central Falls proceeded at once to the
scene. They found the body on the north
bound track mangled beyond recognition.
AT first the mans head could not be found,
but later on portion of the skull was
found quite a distance from the place
where the body was first discovered.
The left arm and left leg were severed
from the body, and part of the right leg
and arm were ground to pieces. The right
hand was not mutilated, and upon the lit
tie finger was found a cameo ring in good
condition. The body itself was cut and
bruised, bones broken, and, in fact, 1t was
the most horrible sight seen in this neigh
borhood for some time
Medical Examiner French was notified
by Chief Goldsmith, and he gave orders to
the chief to have the body removed to II.
M. Burns undertaking rooms, where the
medical examiner visited later and viewed
the remains.
The examination elected no new facts
in the case, as no authentic account can be
given of the manner or time of the mans
death, beyond the fact that he was run
over and killed by the cars. The medical
examination revealed the fact that the VIC
tim Of the accident was a man between %
and 35 years old, about fees inches in
hight; he had on white flannel UNDER
No. 10 white collar, glove on the left hand,
cameo ring on little finger of the right
hand, wore No. 8 shoes, black stiff hat,
had dark brown hair and was clean shaven.
He wore black cheviot pants, vest of the
same material, diagonal cutaway coat
and short black overcoat. The only thing
found about his person was bill-head
from the tailoring establishment of p.
Denahy of Providence, but no writing of
any description upon it. Chief Goldsmith
found an oldfashioned pocketbook, q
knife and callar button along side of the
track. The remains will be kept at the
undertaker's rooms pending further ex-
animation of the accident.
1t Is impossible to state what train struck
the unfortunate yonng man. Blood was
found on the engine of the train which Is
due in Providence at II 10 o'clock p. m.
from Lonsdale. Men were sent back on q
railroad velocipede, but nothing could be
found.
Killed by Switch Engine.
Thomas Mccormick, aged % years, liv-
ing on America street, Providence, met q
horrible death in the Charles street yard
of the Consolidated road this morning at
$50. Mccormick was employed aas a sec
tion hand, and was on the hand track.
To get out of the way of an incoming
train he stepped to the spur track, which
leaves the main line near this point. A
switch engine was backing down and the
tender prevented the engineer from seeing
the doomed man In time to give an alapm.
A second later he. was struck, and his
skull was fractured and his neck broken.
The remains were taken to Providence.
The authorities have not announced the
date OF the inquest. Mccormick was un-