Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-11-04
TRAIN STRIKES A MAN.
while Riding in His Wagon Port Norris
Freight Strikes Him at the Irving
Avenue Crossing

Freight Strikes Him at the Irving
Avenue Crossing.
Robert Parvin, one of the most es-
teemed citizens, was struck by train on
the Port Norris branch of the N. J. G. r.
H., Wednesday afternoon and terribly in
Jured. Mr.. Parvin was driving along
Irving avenue. He was in an open wagon
with few bottom boards on it but no
side boards, coming in from his farm.
AS he approached the dangerous crossing
OF the two railroads, he seemed to be un-
conscious of an approaching freight train
on the Port Norris road. Coming in Irv-
ing avenue it is almost an impossiblity
for person to see an approaching train
coming from the north.
Mr.. Parvin was riding along whistling
as is his general custom until within a
few feet of the track, when the agent at
the West Jersey Railroad station whistled
sharply at him and waved his hand for
him to keep back. He stopped his horse,
and then started on again to cross the
trach.
The horse and forepart of the wagon
had gone over the rails and an instant
later the train, which was running at
high rate of speed on adown grade, struck
the back wheel OF the wagon and threw
Mr. Parvin in the air. He was thrown
at least twenty feet in the air through the
limbs of tree and fell exactly forty-two
feet away from where he was struck, clear
over the tracks of the w. J. & S. r. r.
The horse with part of the wagon ran
up the. avenne and left the wagon along
the road. The animal ran into Atkinson's
livery yard where it was stopped.
Several persons who saw the accident
ran to the assistance of Mr.. Parvin and
picked him up and carried him to the
platform of the W. J. q s. R. R. station.
County Physician Thompson was tele,
phoned for and Immediately arrived and
began to give him stimulants to relieve
his pains.
One of tho boards of the wagon was
brought into use, and Mr.. Parvin was
laid on it, and brought in wagon to his
home on East avenue. Dr. Thompson
made an examination of his injuries, and
found that his head was cut in three
places-very dangerous wounds. One Gu
Was directly over his right eye, extend
ing from the centre of his forehead to
nearly his temple. This was deep cut,
and went through the bone in back of the
eye, bnlging the optic out considerably.
Another cut, scalp wound, was about
an inch higher on the right side of his
head. It was six inches long, and laid
bare the scalp, tearing the flesh down.
ward The other cut was on the back
part of the head, making three distinct
the wound over the eye.
DR.. Thompson, assisted by DIR. Matt.
Elmer, dressed his wounds. Mr.. Parvin
was unconscious after arriving home,
and lay in semi-conscious state until six
O'Clock, when he seemed to regain con-
sciousness, and was feeling as comfortable
as was possible under the circumstances,
and the chances for his recovery are
quite favorable. Strange as it may seem,
with the force he was struck, and the dis
tance he was thrown, he was not
killed, nor even bone broken. There
were two or three slight bruises only, be-
sides the severe wounds on his head.
His age, being over sixty years, is
one thing against his speedy recovery,
but the physicians think he will recover.
The train which struck Mr.. Parvin
was the same train by which Merton
Poole was killed, and singular coinci-
dence was that at the same time the train
struck Mr.. Parvin, at the Irving avenue
crossing, the funeral cortege of Merton
Poole was crossing the track at East
Bridgeton.
The crossing at Irving avenue is the
most dangerous grade crossing in the
city, and should be guarded by gates.
person coming in the avenue
cannot see train approaching from the
North until it is within few feet of the
crossing. Only few days ago a train
came near picking up Charles Loder, as
he was driving over the tracks. City
Council was petitioned about year ago
for safety gates, to be placed at this cross
ing, but the matter was never pushed.
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