The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-12-06
A Negro Crushed Beneath a
Seaboard Locomotive.
BOTH FEET WERE CUT OFF
A Wound on His Head Suf1ci-
ent to Cause Death.
VAS TAKEN TO The HOSPITAL
Both Legs We're There Cut Off But He
VIII Die--Shows the Most Wonder.
fuI Vitality--Fiis Father Killed
in the Same Wav.
in the Same Way.

in the Same Way.
People who were in the vicinity Of
Boylan's bridge yesterday were Mortified
at what they saw,
Beyond the bridge, toward the peni-
tentiary, stood a freight train. From
the other direction, and on the same
track, came the regular passenger train,
No. Il, from Norfolk. Between the two,
near the block house, was a negro man,
Perry Hinton, walking leisurely along
the track. He had been to the city, it is
supposed, to do his usual Saturday even
ing's trading and was returning to his
home near Method.
The passenger train was running at
about rate Of 10 miles an hour. AS
it drew near the man, Engineer Allen
commenced blowing his whistle and che
man, without looking around, / am .---
by one who stood near, began to run
along the track The engine, whistling
loudly, bore down upon him. Nearer
and nearer it came and he continued to
trot along, never looking around Hardly
before any one could realize what had
happened it struck him, knocked him
into the ditch and passed over his legs
just at the ankles.
1t was all done in a minute. The en-
gine was stopped at once, only that and
the express car trucks passing over
him. After taking the man from beneath
the wheels, the train was backed into
the Union depot and medical aid summons
ed.
The accident occurred near the old ice
factory which was burned some years
ago, about 200 yards from the Union
depot. When DIR. Rogers reached the
place great crowd had already gather
ed Ile found the man, who proved to
be Perry Hinton, lying on the snow
between the Seaboard and Southern
tracks. He was unconscious with both feet
hanging only by shreds of skin and mus
cle,while the bones We're sticking ont from
the bottom Of his trousers. 1t was a
most sickening sight. On the right side
of the head was great wound from
which the blood gushed at every respira-
tion.
As soon as aid could be summoned the
body was taken from there to the hospi-
tai, where an operation was later per-
formed and the legs taken off just above
the ankles. The skull was also found
to be fractured. There were no other
injuries on the body.
Though living last night at . o'clock.
greatly to the surprise of his physician
and nurse, it is impossible for him to
ever recover and if not now dead he will
die, the wound on his head alone being
sufficient to kill him.
Hinton lived near Method-a little be-
yOnd O'helly's store. He was a married
man, and is said by those who know him
to have been a sober industrious man.
lie was. at work for the street car COM
pany in this city during the Fair. Then
he was employed by Mr.. J. r. Walton,
who lives on Mr. Phil Andrews farm,
near Method Recently, however, he has
been labOrer at Murdock's saw mill,
near Cooks mill, in this county When
the snow storm began this mill was clos
ed temporarily and Hinton came home
to wait until it started up again. He
would have gone back to his work to-
morrow had he not been killed Some
four months ago he was in the employ of
the firm of Ellington Royster & Co. and
Mr.. Ellington says he was a sober, indus
triOus and reliable man.
An interesting fact in connection with
Hinton's accident is that his father was
killed about three years ago in the same
manner, on the same railroad and near
the same spot, the only difference being
that it was a backing freight train that
ran over him. The railroad gave Hin
tons mother, after his fathers death,
several hundred dollars and the house
and lot where she now lives
It is believed that Perry Hinton yes-
terday did not see the train that struck
him, but thought that the engine blowing
belonged to the freight ahead Of him, and
he was running to reach the switch and
get on the other track. Another theory is
that he had seen the passenger train be-
hind him, but had somehow got the inn
preston that it was on the other track
Others still allege that he met his death
taking too great a risk, realizing the sit
nation but staying on the track too long.