The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-03-23
Horrible Catastrophe Occurs in the
Eastern Yards of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Here. Man
Being Struck by a Pas
senger Train.
Head Mas Cut Wide Open and Body Horribly Man
gIed--Death Was Instantly. Relatives
Live in Pennsylvania.

A terrible railroad accident occurred
IN the eastern part of the Baltimore {
Ohio railroad switch yards Sunday even
ing. John MOrrsey, a laborcr employed
by the railroad company, was struck by
east bound passenger train No. u and
instantly killed. The engine of the train
struck him on the head. The skull was
split open and his brains were scattered
along the ground BY the track. Both legs
we're mashed and nearly severed from hi,
body. The body was horribly mangled.
Atorrsey has for the past month been
employed as a laborer by the Baltimore
s Ohio Railroad company in the yards
1t Fairmont. Prior to that time he has
employed in the yards here. Sunday he
decided to make clarksburg visit. He
got on the morning train at Fairmont
and came to this city. he went out to
the Pinnickinnick mines, where he used
to work and was calling on his old
friends there.
About ) o'clock he, together with sev.
eral other men, left the Pinniekinnick
amp and started down the railroad
track towards the passenger depot.
James McAtee and Edward Westfal tTa
Pinnickiuuick miners, were with him.
They were on their way TO the railroad
camp car which was stationed on a
switch some distance below the old Pin.
nckkinnick coal dump. They were &c.
ouainted with some of the men work.
ing in the camp car gang and were on
their way down to see them. This was
about $50 o'clock. Passenger train No.
y, a through mail and express train, one
Of the fastest on the road, was due
At the passenger depot at 5:42 o'clock.
On the right side Of the open through
track. going west, on a freight car
switch. there was a string of freight
cars, some twenty in number. The left
side of the track was clear. The men
were passing this string of cars when
the passenger train came in sight. Some
II them started across the track to the
left side, but turned and recrossed 70
the right side where the freight cars
were standing. 3ioTsey was one OF the
number. In crossing the track in front
of the train he dropped something from
his pocket. He stopped over and picked
| m the article. He stumbled upon some
thing and before he could regain his feet
the train was upon him. he was struck
between the eyes by the engine with
terrific force, and the body was hurled
10 one side OF the track. With such
forcc did the train strike him that his
kun was split entirely open, and the
brains spilled out on the ground along
Tho track. The head was broken II
n;eees and mashed and mutilated be-
vond all resemblance to human form
The men who we're with him were hor'
r;Ged They ran down the traeiSto the
passenger depot and notified the hrs'
r 4 O. officer they could find. The rail
road authorities at once telephoned fol
coroner W. P. Camp. He went to the
.cene and made an investigation. H'
lion teIephoned to the Clifford d-osbornC
T;pdertalsing company. The undertaker'
,rriyed on the scene and gathered Tho
rcmains of the unfortunate man and
LACED them in basket. The scene wa;
most gruesome ono. The brains hal
10 be gathered up and placed in a small
box Pieces Of the skull were lying II
the mud by the track. The body wa'
monrled and mutilated and both leg
we're mashed below the knees and nearly
severed from the body. The remains
were then taken to the undertaking par
Iors of the company, where they wer
prepared for burial.
Prior to the time Morsey worked il
the Yards of the railroad company a
Pairmont he was employed at the Pin
niclsinnick mines. For seven years h
lived at Mrs. Jane Cross boarding hous
near the mines. Mrs. Cross came to tn
undertakers Monday morning and view
cd the remains. She identified the bod!
Mrs. Cross had been very intimatel
: acquainted with MOrrsey, and had n
. lceived a letter from him only a7few day
or 70 before the accident. She to
! Squire Camp that 1forrsey Ind instrue
] cd her to have his relatives nodded
/. case he ever died or met with any 8