The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-15
A FATAL ACCIDENT
NEAR UNION STATION
Mrs. Joe Henley Killed and Mrs.
Fannie Prince Hurt.
IL Has Not Been Determined as to
Whether They Fell or Were
Knocked on.
WERE FRIGHTENED BY A TRAIN

annie TIlHCti VINO lndhts ncl uOln0
with Mr. and Mrs. Henley, were
knocked off, or jumped, from a small
trestle on the |. c. near the Thomp
son stock yards yesterday afternoon
about 4:30 o'clock, and the former
is dead and the latter confined at
Riverside hospital with broken leg
and several bruises about the body,
the result of the accident.
Reports regarding the cause of the
accident are conflicting and will be
brought out during the official inves-
tigation by the railroad company and
the coroner's inquest. The outgoing
freight train which was the indirect
cause of the affair, left with its crew
before Mrs. Henley died. and it was
impossible to get a full, detailed re-
port of the accident, the only witness
being Flagman Z. B. Patterson. of
the freight train.
Mesdames Henley and Prince had
been on South Thirteenth street visit
ing relatives. and were en- route
home. They took to the railroad at
Tennessee street and started out the
tracks which lead to the union depot
and Littleville. There are two small
trestles on this lead" one near Ten
nesseestreet and the second between
the Thompson stock yards and the
passenger depot. Both are about
| 100 feet long and filled in" with
einders, leaving a small ledge on the
outside of the tracks for pedestrians.
Just before the second bridge was
reached a freight train, No. 1S6, en-
CINE sal, Engineer A. c. Mcclure.
Fireman T. L. Wellington and Con-
ductor T. B. Williams. passed them
and stopped just before the main line
was reached. The train was headed
east to Louisville and the caboose
and one car stood on the trestle when
it stopped. The ladies' came upon
! the trestle and hesitated before going
on. 1t is said Flagman Patterson
was on the rear of the eaboose and
told them they might come across,
the train having stopped.
This is one report of the affair, and
when the ladies started across. it is
said, the engine began backing with
out a signal and Mrs. Henley, losing
her presence of mind, jumped off,
pulling Mrs. Prince with her.
Another report is that they were
feeling their way. along beside the
cars when the cars started and
brushed against Mrs. Henley. who
was a fieshy woman. This overbal-
anced her and she grabbed at her
companion to keep her balance, pull
ing Mrs. Prince off as she left the
trestle.
Still another report is to the effect
that the train literally backed onto
them and knocked them off.
The fall was about twenty feet and
Mrs. Henley alighted on her head
and shoulder, breaking her collar
bone and sustaining internal injuries
in the chest. Mrs. Prince fell on the
left side and sustained a compound
fracture of the left ankle. The acct
dent was discovered Immediately and
the crew went to the unfortunate wo-
mems assistance. Physicians were
summoned and Mrs. Henley removed
to the new box factory, short dis
lance away. From there she was
conveyed home. dying about $50
O'Clock, a few minutes after arrival,
without regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Prince was taken to Riverside
hospital and is not fatally injured.
Mr.. Henley is a car inspector in
the shop yards and had inspected the
outgoing freight train only few
minutes before its departure. He
was summoned less than half an
hour after it's leaving to the scene of
the accident to find his wife fatally
and his aunt seriously injured.
Mrs. Prince was so greatly fright
ened that she could not give an ac-
count of the accident and Mrs. Hen
ley never regained consciousness suf-
GENTLY to tell of the cause. Mrs.
Prince stated that she didn't know
whether the train knocked them on
or not
Mrs. Henley was As years old and
born in Montgomery county, Tonnes
see, coming 10 Paducah twenty years
ago. She had been twice married.
her first husband being William Nor