The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-01-26
W. W. DAY GETS FOOT CAUGHT IN GUARD
RAIL AND LEFT LEG WAS CRUSHED
OFF At KNEE-DIED FROM
SHOCK AND Less
OF BLOOD.
Son Of Mr. and, Mrs James Day
A Host Of Friends and Relatives
M0urn His Loss In Welsh Us Well
as in Lake Charles Where He Has
Resided for the Past Twenty Years

Monday evening Welsh was shocked
by the receipt of a message from Lake
Charles to the effect that VIM. Day,
son of Uncle Jimmie Day, and brother
to Silas and Henry Day and Mrs. c..
E. Carr, Of this place. had met with q
serious accident while uncoupling
cars in the Southern Pacific switch
yard.
AS near as can be aScertained, Mr..
Day who was a switchman at that
place, was attempting to uncouple a
car in the yards Monday afternoon,
and the coupler hsveng failed to work,
MIR. Day stepped betweed the moving
cars, as is the custom with switchmen
on such occasions, to take out the pin
by hand, when his foot caught between
the guard rail and the main track rail
and held so fast as to preclude remov-
al. Mr.. Day instantly perceiving his
danger and seeing that he could not
release his foot, threw himself out.
ward so that the trucks of the ap-
preaching car passed over and severed
his left leg near the knee. His COM
panions Immediately rushed to his
aid, but through somebody's blunder,
it is said he was not permitted TO be
removed from the spot where he fell
for nearly an hour, during which time
no steps were taken to stop the flow
of blood from the bleeding member,
other than the tying of couple of
handkerchiefs around it. When he
was finally taken TO his home in Goss-
port he was too weak to stand an OPP
Grafton. Although Dr's. Temple,
Smith and Perkins did all in their
power to revive him sufficiently to
permit of an operation, all efforts
were in vain When morning dawned
it was seen that he was sinking fast
and that there was no hope. He passed
away at $50 Tuesday morning. Two
of his brothers, Henry and Silas Day,
we're with him when he died, as was
his wife and three children and her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. II. r. Greene
and sister, Mrs. ]. N. Wetherill.
Mr.. Days father, mother and sister,
Mrs. e. Z. Carr, were unable to reach
Lake Charles until train No. 5 went
through Tuesday afternoon. when Mr..
and Mrs. James Day, Mr. and Mrs. G..
E. Carr, Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Tanner
and Mrs. Silas Day went over to at
tend the funeral which was held at the
residence, corner OF Lyons and Goss-
pors streets at 230 Wednesday after.
noon, with interment In Orange Grove
cemetary, Rev. G. B. Hines OF the
Simpson Methodist church officiating.
William W. Day was born in
St. Lawrence county, N. Y, in the
year 1865, and with his parents and
three brothers came to Louisiana
twenty-one years ago. They settled
in Welsh, where the parents, two
brothers, Silas and Henry and one
sister, Mrs. c. E. Carr, still reside.
Shortly after coming south, William
went to Lake Charles and has made
that place his home ever since. De-
cember Is, 1891 he was married to
Miss Auna, daughter of.Mr. and Mrs.
H, r. Greene of Lake Charles. She
and the three children. together with
her parents, three brothers and. one
sister, mourn the loss of loyal huse
band, loving father, true son and
q generous brother, while we all feel
that we. have lost good citizen, one
of Gods noblemen. 90