The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-03
KILLED BY A FALLING POLE.
ENGINEER MCCARTHY FATALLY IN
JURED on THE TYBEE ROAD.

Caught Under a Telegraph Pole
Which He Was Helping Unload
From a Car and His skull Frac-
tured-The Accident Mt the Tybee
Depot at 4:5O O'Clock and Death
Resulted at the Savannah Hospital
at 1870 O'CIOclz-A Brave and
Faithful Engineer With Many
Friends.
Peter Mccarthy, an engineer on the Ty-
bee railroad, received injuries yesterday
afternoon. while helping to unload a tele-
graph pole. from which he died at the
Savannah hospital last night.
The accident occurred at the Tybee rail-
road depot a few minutes to O'Clock
Mccarthy had come in on his engine and
was in the depot waiting for the train
to 90 out at $50 O'Clock A telegraph
pole had been brought down to the yard
IN wagon to be transferred 10 some
point on the line. Superintendent saussy
had a force Of men trying to lift the pole
of the wagon. It was very heavy and
the force of men was not sufficient. Nc
Carthy, who was standing in the depot,
voluntarily came to the assistance of the
force to help lift the pole off the wagon.
ing News reporter after the accident that
he cautioned all the men to be careful to
put their left shoulders to the pole, as
it was intended to throw it to the left
Mccarthy had his left shoulder like the
rest of the men, but the first effort TO
throw out the pole proving unsuccessful.
he went to the other end of the wagon
where he thought he could be of more
assistance, and caught hold there. 1t
was not noticed that he had his right
shoulder to the pole leaving his head
on the same side in which direction it
was to be thrown
When the pole was thrown off McCar-
thy was carrisd down with it to the
ground, the pole striking on his head
The pole rebounded after striking the
ground, striking his head again to one
slde, and resting slightly on it. 1t was
wounded man, who was unconscious It
was evident that he was badly hurt and
Ut. w; H., Elliott, chief surgeon of the
central railroad, was telephOned for He
saw that McCarthy's injuries were very
serious and had him removed to the Sa-
vannah hospital in the police ambulance.
10 Morning News reporter, who ar
rived at the scene of the accident before
McCarrhy was removed, DR.. Elliott stated
apparently being fracture of the base
Of the skull. Mccarthy lost a large quah-
uty of blood from the wound.
Mccarthy was one of the best known of
the younger engineers of the city He
ran on the Savannah, Florida and Western
railway for several years, and has run
on the Tybee railroad every summer for
the last three or four years. He has been
in several accidents and was injured once
or twice He was on the train which was
caught at Tybee during the storm of Au-
gust 1888, and made his way to the city
over the ruined track, crawling part Of
the distance on his hands and knees, to
give information of the condition of the
strain
He leaves a wife and two children. be.
sides large number of friends who will
regret the fatal termination of his acci-
dent.
Mccarthy died at the hospital at n:2O
O'Clock; He was brave and
faithful engineer. and warm
hearted, generous fellow. He had scores
OF friends among all classes of people.
The report Of his probably fatal injury
which spread around the city last night
caused expressions of regret and sympa~
thy on all sides. He was about Is years
of age, and had been a resident OF Sa-
Vannah all his life
The funeral will take place tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock from the late resi-
dence of the deceased at New Houston
and Montgomery streets. The parents of
the deceased, as we'll as two brothers, sur
ViVe him.