The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-25
MORE VICTIMS
OF THE RAIL

One man was instantly killed and
another - fatally injured by be-
ing struck by an east bound Penn
sylvania train about o'clock Friday
evening Both men were Italians and
up until an early hour this morning
their identity was still unknown.
The accident occurred on the trestle
over the East creek at the foot OF
Pennsylvania avenue. Miller q
Blanchards ambulance was called and
the men were taken to their morgue
and Drs. A. c. and E. D. Grant were
summoned
The injured mans skull was crushed
over the eyes and he also had a cres-
cent shaped cut about three inches
in length in his forehead. The upper
Hip was cut through, and there was
compound fracture of the left leg be-
low the knee. DR.. s. s. Post, the
company's physician, was also called,
and on his arrival ordered the man
taken to the hospital, but all the doc
tors agreed that there was absolutely
no chance for recovery.
The dead mans skull was crushed
in the same way, and he also had a
cut in his forehead that was identi-
cal with that of the injured man. Both
limbs were broken above and below
the knees and his body was turned al
most completely around.
DR.. e. d. Brant stated that death
was instantaneous. His eyes were
open and the expression, he stated,
was one of the most peculiar he had
ever seen, and it was apparent that he
didn't have a moments warning.
THE FATAL TRAIN.
The train was cattle train going
east at a high rate Of speed. The en-
gineer had only seen one man and
supposed there was no other, but af-
ter the dead man had been placed in
the ambulance his companion was
discovered under the bridge.
The men were coming from work
in one of the east end shops. A train
passed on the first track at about the
same time, and it is probable that they
stepped out of it's way on to the sec
ond track right in the path of the
cattle train.
Blood spattered on the side Of the
bridge showed that the injured man
was about half way across. He was
found directly below where he was
struck, with his head almost in the
water.
The other man was thrown clear off
the bridge, and was found between the
second and third tracks. His batter
ed dinner bucket was found nearby. A
shoe was also picked up and was
thought to belong to the dead man,
but at the morgue they were surprised
to find the shoes of both men intact.
The shoe had the appearance of hav-
ing been recently worn, and the am
bulance made another trip to find a
possible third victim. The premises
were thoroughly gone over and it was
almost decided that the shoe had been
carried by one of the victims, when
spots of blood were found almost at
the west end of the bridge The paint
was also scraped off in several places
down with the level of the track in
such a way that it could not have
been made by one Of the others.
This spot was over the center of
the creek, where the water is about
fifteen feet deep, but on investigation
nothing could be found to indicate
where the body, was, and it was de-
cided to delay the search until day.
light.
With the exception of the engineer
there were no witnesses to the acci-
dent, and it was impossible to tell
how 1t occurred. A clear view of the
tracks can be had for at least half
mile in both directions at this place
and the only explanation is that the
men were either confused by the
many lights or stepped out of the way
of the other train.
Several of their countrmen called
at the morgue to view the remains
but were unable to identify the body.
Word was received from the hospital
that the injured man died at GAS.
The body was taken to Miller e.
Blanchard's morgue.
An effort was made to locate the
shop in which the men were employ
ed but was not met with success
They will In all probability be iden-
tilted this morning.