Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-11-03
CAR WHEELS CRUSH
OUT GIRLS LIFE
Merlc Williams, Aged "a Years.
Instantly Killc5 WhIc
Crossing Track


An accident that tore tha heart
STRINGS of the bere4ved family and
that touched the chords of deepest
sympathy of az entire community. oe-
curred Monday morning Nheu Merle.
aged Is years. the second daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs.. George n. William.
was Instantly killed hy being STRUCK
b a freight car ir ths Northern
Pacific yards ln th.s eiiy.
Merle had bat just left hsr sgms
for the puhlic school. in which she Vas
q student. ana was a5sapIE eHErassed
In her history lesson. holding the heoa
IN frout of her face that ia. might
study a. she walked along Al the
intersection of Grand and SpauidnE
streets. the street iz crossed - q spur
from ihe Northern Pacific railroad. fhe
spur having beer baIit o. accommodate
thu Puget Sound warehouse Just as
Merle reached this crossing the North
ern freight crew was setting oat tEa
freight cars down 70 tha warehouse.
making q flying switch 60 place the
cars On the spur The traes makes
an abrupt curve just as il crosses tte
Walk. and person going toward taau
cannot tell that the car Is 1n the spur
until IL is upon them. Tho brakeman
upon the ears Saw The girls danger
and shouted a. warn her. hut she
failed 60 hear him. ard a moment
later was struck, and apparently ir-
stantly killed. her neck being hressn
from the body. and she being other
wise uangled and bruised.
The body Of the unfortunate girl
Nas tAkeA 70 Pslmcrton uaseFtaE ine
rooms. where 81 inquest was heid or
the arrival Of the coroner. Tie prin-
cipal witness at abe inquest vas Miss
Ruby Shriner. vbo had stood iu lhe
door AZ her home hut fea steps from
the crossing when the accident OCCUR
ped. and whose Testimony established
the facts as given above us jury,
composed of Msar Talmsrtar,
Shaw. Lohaueh. Henry Gentry and
Stewart. rendered gfs fal.aa.ae ea--
dict
We, the coroners iurg Boa tire ease
Of Merle William. find her death was
caused through the nsrIieeure of the
Northern Pacific railroad company.
by being run over rs two freight cars
while making q flying switch on spur
Il said railroad crossing pallr high
way ct the intersection af Grand ard
Spauid5ng streets in tha foRr 81 Pull
man. county # Whitman. state af
WashingtoH. an oetaIer zsth laH6.
The funeral services were beId
Tuesday afternoon. from the Christian
church. of which the deceased was q
member. tbc pail bearers being girl
rlassmatos Of the decreased. There
were many goraI offerings testifyIng
10 the esteem Iu which Merle had
been held by her friends and eamran-
ions. Intermeut was iH the odl Eel
lows cemetery.
Merle Glen William Waz born in
Carter county. Tennessee. on July sri,
1872. being At the time ~ her death
in her fifteenth year. the second old
est IN a bome-loving. afeeti0nate
family Of sever girls. hey character
being q most beautiful one. careful
in her duties. and with the first
thought always for those about her.
II IL diHicult indeed = fully appreci-
ate Vhat her loss means 70 the family
circle. ard O. the sorrowng parents
and sisters the full measure q SYM
pathy Is extended.
SUDDEN DEATH or J. r.
CROMWELL
J.R. Cromwell. Eho bad lived IN