The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1896-01-04
FOUR CHILDREN
Meet With a Terrible Railroad
Accident Near Br0ussardville.

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AS the result of one of those aw.
full railroad accidents which are al
together too frequent in this coun
try, Fife Girouard, a little girl of {
years of age, is dead, a sister of Il
years is suffering from external in.
juries and may die, a third sister OF
IA years the marks of less serious
wounds, and a 4-year-old brothe,
has crushed leg.
Last Tuesday at about half past
two O'Clock in the afternoon, the
four children of Mr.. Hebrard Gil
reward, farmer living near Brous-
sardville, were driving home from
that place where they had gone to
buy some toys for New Years day.
When crossing the track just out of
the limits of the town they were run
down by a train, which consisted
only of locomotive and caboose,
and which, from all accounts, was
running at a very fast speed. The
little children were thrown IN differ
ent directions, the horse was killed
outright and the buggy was knocked
out Of shape. After the accident
the train stopped, backed up 20
where the children were, put them
in the caboose and brought them to
the depot at B1oussardville, a few
from the scene of the &C.
Drs. DeLaureal and
Struhmer were Immediately called
and they did all in their power to
alleviate the pains of the Inflated |
one of whom was in a dy. |
ing condition as its brains were ooz-
ing out. BY means of mattresses
the unfortunate little ones were car
ried to the hospitable home of Mr..
Ed St. Julien, where they received
the attention of skillful physicians
and kind nurses.
News of the accident was wired
% Lafayette by Officer Geo. Malag-
aric during the afternoon and Sheriff
Coroner Gladu and a
of this paper lett i'm
for Broussardville A
rain bealing Judge Parkerson, DR..
FOLSOM and Capt. Jas. Mitchell was
dispatched to Broussardville by the
company. As there had
lot yet been any death resulting
rom the accident the coroner had
'othing to do but await the end of
title Fife, of which there was no .
|oubt in the minds of the attend
ng physicians. At about 8 O'Clock
he same day the poor little girl .
reathed her last and death put an
nd to the most excruciating pains
nat it has ever been the lot of one
D young to bear.
In order to secure the attendance
f all the witnesses Coroner Gladu
ostponed the holding Of an inquest ,,
ntil Thursday, on which day he
nd Judge Debaillon and Sheriff a
'roussard went to Broussard and T.
npannelled the following jury of
lquest: Henri Fournet, Aurelien
olivier, Louis J. Gary, D. c.. Ber-
ard ane Raoul J. Malagarie. Thir- a
zen witnesses were examined. The !
:stimony adduced went to show
dent consisted os locomotive
I'd caboose a. d was running at an Is Is
usually fast speed and did not I:
histle before reaching the GRO ssing
here the children were run over
I'd that the whistle was heard only Ia
ter the accident. AWE Girouard, o.
'AO S~SeoAu~O says |
at the LOGON olive did not whistle, tt
I'd that at about an arpent from
e crossing she stopped the horse 10
I'd stood up in the buggy, but fail -
to see any train. V:
Stripped of its legal trim n,ings SC
e jury's verdict is that Effie Cir o.
ard came to her death by the &C Sc
d. mt Through the gross and wan
n negligence" of Alex Whitmore, H.
e engineer, and y. D. French,
e conductor, who were charged IS
tn the crime of manslaughter. of
Sheriff Broussard arrested Whit
Ore and French and placed them tn
the parish Jail awaiting an order ia ia
I'm the district judge at Franklin. We We
re order came on the II o'clock or
lin and the prisoners were releas- s.,
after furnishing bond in the sum tn
$500 each. Judge J. G.. Park f.,
ION, Hon. Charles d. Caffery and de
r. Parkerson signed as bonds
n. ga
he prisoners did not care to make ms N.
y statement for publication, but 90,
~ expressed sorrow over the de-
'rable affair and said that at the d h
'per time they would establish
ir innocence. bel
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