Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
BERT THOMASKILLED
Met With Fatal Accident at Union
Depot Last Evening.
ATTEMPTED TO BOARD NO. ii.
Was Employed on the Burlington at
WOODBURY. aud Was Returning
to Work-Funeral To.
mOrroWs
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Bert Thomas, young man Is years
of age, met with fatal accident last
evening while attempting to board No.
I'll, the west-bound Burlington passen-.
gen train due in this city at 9:45
o'clock. During the school vacation
Mr.. Thomas has been employed as wa
ter boy by c. e. Jackson, foreman of
the pile driver which is now working
at Woodburn. He spent Sunday at
home as usual, and was returning to
work when the accident occurred. Few
of the details are known. Mr. Thomas
carried bundle, and the superstition is
that he attempted to get aboard the
train before it stopped in order to get
seat, traffic on this train being eXcep-
tionally heavy, especially Sunday even
ings. He was seen by persons on the
platform just west of the depot as soon
as, the train stopped. He was semi
unconscious, and those who were first
on the scene of the accident realized at
once that he was seriously injured. He
was removed to the hospital where he
| fingered until 5 o'clock this morning,
when death came.
Police Captain John Gray and OIL
GERS w. E. Kent and William Maloney
conveyed Mr.. Thomas to the hospital
in the patrol wagon. The injured man
rallied somewhat on the way and told
the officers that he had tried to get on
the front end of the smoking car, aud
that he missed his step and fell. The
car struck him on the back of the head
and when he fell the trucks rolled him
lover and over several times. DR.. A. o.
i Williams assisted by DR.. M. Bannister
dressed his injuries which consisted Of
a severe scalp wound, a fractured thigh
land numerous bruises about the body
i The scalp was torn from the back oil
the head, extending well up onto the
top. There was no trace of fracture
of the skull, but the shock caused an
internal hemorrhage, the blood form.
ing clot at the base of the brain.
The deceased was nephew of Mrs
Oscar Won Holtzschuherr,, of GAG Eas,
Main street, with whom Ne has made
his home for a number of years, ant
where the remains were removed this
morning. Mr.. Won Holtzschuherr,w who
has charge of the concrete work on the
Burlington between Creston and AT
ton. was at the depot on his way tt
Creston. He had gotten on the trail
) before he heard of the misfortune
which had befalleu his nephew, and il
fact did not know that it was he un
til he saw him.
Il Bert Thomas was born at Greedy
Col, August /, 1882. His father ha
been dead number of years, and eve
since 1888 Bert has made his home witt
! his aunt, Mrs. Won Holtzschuherr. Hi
! mother, the only member of his imme
: date family who survives him, resides
in Salida, Col. He was a nephew o
David Hodge, of this city, and also o
, the late Col. P. G. Ballingall.
81 The deceased was a bright, industri
: Gus young man. He attended the OF
i tumwa high school, and during tn
{ summer vacation sought employment
: of various kinds. He was favorit
!. among his schoolmates, and the new
of his delath will be great shock t,
5 them.
: Funeral services will be conducte,
from the residence, GAG East Mai
I street, by DR.. f. Z. Brush, tomorrow
a afternoon at o'clock, after which tn
q remains will be inferred in the Ottun
j. va q