Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-08-16
ENGINEER HALL KILLED
His Two Brothers Lost Their
Lives in an Accident.
Wearied from overwork He Dropped
Asleep Beside Track-Locomotlve
Cut OFF Arm and Injured Back.


Cut OFF Arm and Injured Back.
Engineer Albert H. Hall, tired out
from overwork, fell asleep while wait
ing on a side track at Lebanon, Conn,
about midnight Wednesday night, was
run over by an incoming locomotive
and received injuries which resulted
in his death about 6 o'clock last night.
He was the third OF the family of Hall
brothers of Brattleboro to meet death
in the employ of the Central Vermont
Railway company. Engineer Hall left
Brattleboro about o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon in charge of a freight
locomotive. At Willimantic he receiv-
ed orders to side track at Lebanon
and wait for two extra freight trains,
northbound. The orders were obeyed,
and as there was a probability of be-
ing a long wait Conductor Wallet went
back to the buggy to get little rest
and Engineer Hall climbed down from
the cab to stretch his weary limbs.
He sat down beside the track to
wait and was overcome with sleep as
soon as his labors were relaxed.
When he fell asleep his right arm was
across one of the rails of the main
track. The first extra freight was
upon him before he was seen and the
big wheels of the locomotive crushed
his arm below the elbow. He was
also struck in the back and badly in
jured. The second extra, in charge OF
Engineer Jerry Sullivan, was stopped.
Mr.. Sullivan hurried to the scene of
the accident and found Hall uncon-
scious. Hall soon recovered con-
seriousness and complained of severe
pains in his back. He was taken to a
private hospital in Willimantic. where
the arm was amputated.
Yesterday a special car was sent
| to Willimantic and Hall was taken to
New London, where a second amputa'
ton was made. Hall seemed to be
doing well until afternoon. when the
injuries in his back developed serious
| complications which caused his death
Funeral services will be held in the
Universalist church tomorrow after
noon at o'clock, Rev. r. F. Lowe
officiating.
Hall was about % years old and
was a resident of Brattleboro until
last autumn, when he moved to New
London. He leaves a wife and one
child in that city. His parents live
in Walpole, N. H., but they were al
Lake Pleasant so that it was impos
sible to locate them until their grand
son, Fred Hall, of Brattleboro wen
there yesterday. They came to Brat
tleboro last night and went to New
London this morning.
Halls brothers, Otis and Benjamin
Hall, of Brattleboro, were killed neal
Eagleville, Conn, Dec. A. 1896, by the
explosion of the boiler of a locomo
tive. At that time Albert H. Hal
was firing on the road. and he theI
decided to give uprailroading. He die
so. but after a while returned anC
was afterward promoted to the posi-
tion of freight engineer. He was ;
member of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen.
Hall had not been home for severa
days. He came to Brattleboro from
New London Saturday and went t.
White River Junction. After abou
two hours rest he started back ant
arrived in Brattleboro Sunday fore
noon. About o'clock in the after
noon he was sent back to White Rive
Junction in another mans place, ant
returned to Brattleboro Monday
Monday afternoon he started for New
London, but before reaching there h.
received orders to return to Brattle
boro on another train. arriving her
late Tuesday night Again he starteu
for New London about o'clock Wed
nesday, but was side tracked at LIE
banon.