The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-22
NET A TERRIBLE DEATH
August johnson Killed in the
Yards at Livingston.
LITERALLY CUT IN TWO
He Did Not Sec the Gers Until They
Were on Him Owing to Deafness
He Couldn't Hear the
Warning.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Livingston, Dec. 21.---A terrible acct
dent occurred in the yards here to-day
by which August johnson, an old man
employed as a sort of general utility
man around the Northern Pacific store
house, lost his life. Johnson had start
ed up town from the shops and crawled
between two cars of Il train that was
standing on one of the side tracks.
Emerging from under these cars he
stepped into the tracks of the main
line, and was walking up the middle of
the track. The yard engine was COM
ing up from the water tank, pushing
three box cars ahead Of it. A switch
man standing on the head end of the
first car saw the old man when he came
on the track, and when about three car
lengths from Johnson he hallooed to
him and gave the engineer signal to
stop. Johnson heard the voice of
warning and partly turned to see what
was the matter and made a futile at
tempt to get out of the way. The en-
gineer did not see the unfortunate man,
but observing the signal to stop, re-
versed his engine and made an attempt
to bring the cars to Il standstill There
being no air connections with the cars
he failed in his object, and the cars
struck the old man in the back, knock
ing him fiat. The three cars and the
engine passed over the form of the
unfortunate man and literally severed
his body in twain, just above the hips.
When the engine was finally stopped,
Johnson's body was lying about a car
length back from the train. He never
breathed after the cars struck him.
Coroner Learned was notified and
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remains, after which they were removed
to kreuger's undertaking rooms. This
afternoon an inquest was held at the
city hall, A. f. Norman. j. A. Lumberg
and A. S. Marshall, switchmen testified
to the manner in which Johnson met
his death. They stated that the cars
were not moving over five miles an
hour and that the engine bell was ring
ing.
NJ NJ Coleman said Johnson was very
hard of hearing and this accounts for
the old mans failing to notice the ap-
preaching cars until too late.
Engineer Giles and Fireman Shubert
said they did not see Johnson, and did
not know anything was wrong until
the signal to stop was given by Nor
man. The jury brought in a verdict
that death was due to careleSSneSS.
Johnson was Ga years of age and had
worked here for the past five years.
He has wife and three or four chll-
dren in Logan, Utah, a SON Sever john
son. working in Butte; a son-in-law
residing in Anaconda his name being
John Enger: daughter of the de-
ceased resides here. The accident was
totally unavoidable and is a cOnse-
quence of the deadly foe of railroaders-
carelessness.
johnson was a Norwegian and had
many friends among the shopmen, who
sorrow at his awful death.
This is the second Livingston man to
lose his life under the wheels in the
last three days, A. B. Newman having
died in Bozeman last night as a result
of injuries received in the Muir tunnel
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