The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-25
STREET CAR KILLS
NATHAN M. FORD
Aged Man Struck on South
Sixth Yesterday.
Was Deaf and Did Not Hear the
Approach Of the Street
Car.
LEAVES A LARGE FAMILY


well known resident of the Eden's hill
vicinity Of the county, and q Confed.
crate veteran, was struck by car 5b,
in charge of Motorman Robert Hum.
phrey, about O'Clock yesterday
afternoon on South Sixth street, be-
tween Tennessee and Jones, and al
most instantly killed. The accident
was due TO Mr.. Ford's being almost
deaf, and not hearing the approaching
CAT
According to witnesses, the car was
bowling along at the usual clip going
south, and Mr.. Ford was walking
north nea the track. He was clear
of the track when noticed by the
motormsn and was walking along by
the aid Of cane, head down, and APP
psrently aware of the cars approach.
When the car was within ten or
fifteen feet OF him, however, he sud.
denly walked across the tracks,
although the gong was being rung
and Motormsn Humphrey and an
other motorman of duty, Mslcomb
Greenlief, who stood in the door,
shouted a warning to him. The cur
rent was shut off and the brakes sp-
piled the moment he stepped across
the TRACK, but 1t was impossible to
stop. owing to the momentum Of the
car. and the vestibule of the car
struck Mr.. Ford in the face and head
knocking b i'm off the track.
When the car stopped the body was
outside the track about even with the
rear platform.
The motorman lifted up the dying
mans head, but he never spoke, and
in ten minutes life was extinct. The
body was removed TO Effinger's under.
taxing establishment and there was
some difficulty in identifying it.
II was not until late in the after,
noon that Messrs. Will Graha m, of
4l6 North Fifth street, who knew
the deceased in Marshall county, and
Mr.. John Theobold, the butcher. who
lives near the home of the deceased,
ON the Mayfisld road, positively
identified the remains Us those of
Mr.. Ford.
The only injuries seemed to be
those on the head, the car not run
ming over the body.
1t developed today that the dead
man bad gone to the nom Q Of a son
James, on Bridge street, Saturday
night, and was ON his way home. lie
was en- route on South Sixth 90 the
Mayfield road when the car struck
him.
Mr.. Ford was an old man, aud in
addition to being deaf, could not walk
we'll, webbing about like q man
under the influence of liquor. He was
a sober man, however, and his fate
was due to his defective hearing.
The deceased was born in Gipson
county, near Nashville, Tenn, but
had lived in Kentucky about 36 years.
He first locsted near Coy, Marshall
county, where he passed most of his
life.
About six years ago he came to this
comfy to live with his son, Mr.. John
Ford, on the Mayfeld road. He IRE.
quently came to town, and yesterday
was the first time he ever met with
an accident.
He leaves ten children, we'll scat
tered about. Among them are:
Messrs. John and Joe Ford, of this
county, Mrs. Emma McNesl, of South
Fourth street, Mr.. George Ford, of
Marshall county; Mrs. Nancy Nc
Neal, of Graves county, two sons in
Gipson county. Tenn, and one in
Stoddard county, Mo.
A daughter, Mrs. Addie Tabor, lives
in Marshall county and he leaves .
brother, Matthew Ford, OF Calvert
City, Marshall county. The inquest
was held this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
by Acting Ooron Jesse Young, and