Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-10
SHOCKING DEATH
Of John Mccormick Of Gardi-
ner at WinsioW.
Remains Of Bcdy Found, Ground to
Fragments by the Cars.
La,i Pulp Mill ia evening III and Never Az ir
Seen Alive.

WatCTVille, Me, May 9.-Ihe most
horrible accident that has ever hap
oencd in this city occurred, some time
after II o'clock last night, when John
Mccormick. an employe of the Hol-
l"gsworth * Whitney CO.. lyft the
pulp mill in Winalow to 50 to his home
in this city. being sick. Nothing more
was seen of him until ills morning,
~ htn another employc Of the mill, on
his way to work, discovered the frag-
mcuts Of 4 human body scattered
along the track Of the Maine Central
from 4 point near the switch target,
north Of the railroad bridge. to the
Winslow side Of the river.
The man at once ran to the City no
Il ana notified the clerks. who in turn
informed coroner Smell \ large
roWd gathered and there was a hunt
rr portions Of tho remains that We're
not at first visible. II was apparent
hat portions Of th9 body had dropped
Trough the ties Of the bridge into the
liver. Of the head but Il small portion
# the skull was found.
There are good many theories re
;IrtinG how the man WAS killed. The
acts that are presented at this time.
rCfure an invest LEGATION has been held
~ the coroner. are the following:
NcCormick was taken i'll during his
shift ut the mill. and. at II o'clock. WIS
allowed to go t. his home. Freight
rain No. 20 is scheduled To leave this
.ity. at 1120 o'clock. Allowing that
Mccormick walked slowly he would
nave a little more than half an hour
20 cover the distance between tn" mill
md the north end Of the bridge, about
hroc-Quartors Of 4 mile, before the
rain arrived there. Hut the signal
gistcr at tho trainma=ters Office
-hows that NJ. IS did not leave on
s-hcdUle time. last night. being delayed
y work or other causes. until 1l.45.
IT Mccormick stopped To talk with
tomc Of the hands about the mill after
ra ouit W7rk HE tardiness In reaching
h;= emu Of the railroad bridge may I've
r~onuntel f1r. X is possible that ne
raw have stopped on the way home
'ar some purpose 1t is not impossible
hat ha arrived nn this 81 IT, NJ TIM river
-n proper season ana then FIJI in a
'ltrt On The track There III one theory
d b
va7 laying M the track ann the enci-
lrer dill not sec him. til i again it is
--grrsted that rain was falling at the
ime 10. 2G went cut. With the car
windows closed ANA tEn rain beating
n the glass it would have ncan next
; inn ssihlc for tha engineer 81 have
-cau The man on the tr1ek il h had
seen lying down.
--.-,. The e..7+ whore tho FIR. er9g-
,ant. of t1,a bodv w. fou71 thara Isl
, switch Mccormick WAS not accus-
med t. go home at that hour or at
my 9thJr when he would be likely u
meet Il train. The switch he must
D.. r-sinly have been familiar with. but
his hae,. suggested that he may have
,,ist.,;-,r tho train, Of III main line for
the siding. q. IT thqt point the track
wings to The right ana the siding runs
,roursiro tho main line. casting grad
,1a1Iy tnvarI The Head of the Falls
nid ne mistake the siding for the main
4ira- and so walk directly into the
train?
~ ono ut the mill can be found
vho knows whether Mccormick re
mained about the mill for some time
,ftrr IN quit work. During the night.
beginning with ana including train NJ.
q. five trains passed over that section
of the road before the accident was
discovered The natural query is, then.
which train killed the man. Train No.
n the Pullman from Bangor, due IN
leave here ut LEO a. NJ, and train No.
IN. due here from the west at 2.25. We're
tha ONLY other night trains that pass
III through the bridge, freight train A.
ana passenger train No. II both leav-
Ing after daylight
IF Nocormock vas struck hv Train
NJ % Az trains must have snbsc-
-,uo,,t1,, nasead over his body. two long
fraiahts two heavy pullmans and one
INF messenger before the accident
,,.as discovered If arncars to some to
i,o st,.,n,o chat the engineers of one of
t1,a tr,ins did rot ssc The BODY nd it
i. ,,,,,.,rc,,t that each train carried the
Ill ,1ona ono ,yav or the other. ac-
coriir,,Iv ~ tho train was travelling.
nntu tho man was ground into Il
. I,., mass Of fragments
rnaeonabIn suggestion is that the