Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-21
meet DEATH
ON THE RAIL
Lives of Two Crushed Out
BY the Cruel
Wheels
HERE AND IN MOLINE
Bertram Rains Killed In Board
Ing an Englne---UnknoWn
Man Here.
HERE AND IN MOLINE

Bertram Allen Rains, SIS Thirty
ninth street, Rock Island, aged IS, in
attempting to board Rock Island en-
CINE between Twenty-second and
Twenty-third streets in Moline last ev-
ening about 6:15, slipped, and was
ground under the wheels, death result
| ing a few minutes later. The engine,
No. 40, with one car. was backing west,
moving only about two miles an hour.
The victim of the accident was one Of
the popular young men of the city,
having just completed the high school
course and received his diploma ten
| days ago.
Immediately after graduating, the
young man secured employment at the
Wright Carriage Body works, in Mo-
Iline, and it was while returning from
| work there last evening that he met
death. He was seen by the fireman,
Henry Miller. just as he missed his
hold and went under the wheels. Cleve
Doud. yardman, saw him attempt to
board the train, and fall.
| Able to Tell Name.
Frank l.. Haddick, the engineer, re-
ceiving a signal, stopped the train
within a few feet, and at once hurried
back along the track. When near the
boy he asked one of the crew who had
been hurt. The boy raised his head
and said, Bert Rains of Rock Island"
The ambulance was summoned immedi-
ately. and the dying boy removed at
once TO the Moline police station. DR..
A. II. Arp was summoned, and found
Rains unconscious, but alive. He died
| in very few minutes after being re-
moved to the station. An examination
by DR.. Arp showed that the boy had
been mangled under the wheels. the
/ injuries being back of the head, about
the right leg, the right arm, and the
abdomen. His brother, Guy Rains of
this city, was notified and took charge
of the remains after the inquest. con-
Quoted by Coroner l.. V. Eckhart at the
Moline station
The coroner's jury heard the evidence
/ of Dr. Arp, Henry Miller, the fireman;
Claude Styers, Frank l.. Haddick, the
engineer; John Carlson, switchman.
and of the young mans brother, Guy
Rains. The verdict was returned in
accordance with the facts.
| Bertram Allen Rains was born in this
city June 20. 1883, lacking but a week
of being Is years old. Finishing the
grammar school course in the city
schools, he entered the high school
with the first half-year class. Naturally
bright, he was able by extra work in
the high school to complete the course
in three and half years, receiving his
diploma this month He took an active
part in the school and class affairs be-
| ing class treasurer during the senior
year For two years he was a mem
| Der of the high school football team.
| playing the positions of guard and
| tackle This spring he entered the
competitive examination for the Uni
versity of Illinois scholarship, and
| though the scholarship has not been
announced, it is understood that he
ranked high in the examination, and
| would have been given the scholar
| ship.
He was a son of Mrs. Julia A. Rains
| of this city, and besides his mother.
leaves two brothers. Guy Rains and
Maurice Rains, and two sisters, Miss
Edna Rains and Miss Letheia Rains,
all of this city.
The funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30 at the home,
SIS Thirty-ninth street. The services
will be conducted by Rev. Marion
Humphreys. pastor of the Central Pres
byterian church. Members of the
graduating class and the football team
of the high school will act as pail
bearers. Burial takes place at Chip
piannock cemetery.