Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-09-06
DEATH CAME INSTANTLY.
winslow Boy Killed al Maine Central Freight
Yard.

While attempting to board a freight
car drawn by a shifter in the Maine
Central yard. Monday morning. Fred.
the 11-years-old son OF David Triel OF
Winslow, was run over and instantly
killed. the wheels cutting through the
body and crushing the back bone.
Young Triel had been hanging
around the freight yard the greater
part of the morning when he saw the
shifter in charge OF Engineer Sturte-
want and having three cars attached.
being pushed in the lower part of the
yard.
AT that time Triel was standing near
the freight station. When the train
came to stand still Triel ran for the
train and attempted to board the car
farthest from the engine. and throw
ing his arms around the bumper tried
to throw himself on. While hanging
to the bumper, the train men not see
ing what was going on started the
train The first shock of the train as
it started loosened Triel's hold of the
bumper The second shock threw him
from his position onto the ground.
At that time the train was backing.
Triel had attempted to get on the rear
car. When he struck the ground he
landed outside of the car rails. When
he began to roll, he rolled over the ear
rails so that when the ears passed
they went directly over the body, the
wheels passing across the lower part
of the body near the abdomen.
The weight of the train was so great
that it cut through the body and
crushed the back bone. Death resulted
instantaneously. AS soon as it was
seen what had been done the train was
stopped. and so quickly that the en-
CINE did not pass over the body. only
part of the cars.
The remains We're picked up ana
Coroner Smell summoned in company
with DIR. J. +. Hill. Even before the
physician was summoned the boy was
past all assistance. The remains were
placed in charge of Undertaken Red
dington. who carried them to the home
of the child's parents.
Those who saw the accident do not
hesitate an instant to say that the rail-
road employees We're in no way re-
sponsible for the accident. In the first
place the hoy was on the company's
property and in the second place when
ne attempted to take a ride he was in
such position that he could not be
seen by those having the train in
charge.
AS soon as possible Coroner Smell
made preparations for the inquest held.
yesterday afternoon. County Attorney
Heselton was summoned from Gardi-
ner, and arrived in this city, yesterday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
In the meantime the following jury
had been impanneled: Judge Warren
c. Philbrook. Hon. p S. Head, Charles
$. Alden. O. f. Mayo, ]. f. Eden, f.
G. Crosby. AS witnesses Fred w.
Sturtevant. the engineer on the engine,
Edward Belleveau, S. H. Lancaster.
John w. Vigue. Charles Butler were
called. At the inquest nothing new
was developed.
From the testimony it was learned
that the first intimation the brakeman
on the cars had of the accident was
when the cars began to seasaw as
though they were passing over
piece of timber.
A glance beside the track showed
the train over the boys body. The
engineer was at once signalled and
the train stopped. When the boy was
picked up. the body was two feet back
of the rear drivers of the engine.
The strange part of the accident was
that no one saw the boy until the body
was seen under the car wheels.
The jury was but a very few mo-
ments in Arriving at the decision that
the boy came to his death through his
own carelessness and that the railroad
was in no way to blame.