Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-20
COLLISION FATAL TO ONE
Ray. L FELTON, Has Leg Crushed and Die
Later at Hospital.
FREIGHT TRAIN CRASHES INTO MOTOR CAR
victim was Standing on Rear Plat
form of Motor and Jumped, Fall
ing on the Track in Front
of the Train.

Roy l.. FELTON,, cashier of the Under
wood State State bank of Underwood la,
seeing that a collision was inevitable,
jumped from the rear platform of one
of the large motors and fell beneath the
wheels of a Great Western freight train
as the latter crashed into the street car
at the South Main street crossing yester-
day afternoon. He died later from his in
juries.
Fred L. Pace, an employee at the Lind
say hide house on Ninth avenue and Main
street. was hurt about the limbs, but was
able to go to his home at 776 Madison ave-
nue..
The motor, which was southbound. was
in charge of Conductor Samuel E. Alser
and Motorman ]. B. McCabe. Conductor
Alger is said to have gone ahead of the
car at the railroad crossing. The acCi-
dent occurred at 4:SO o'clock
The motor was brought to a stop at
the Great Western crossing on Main
street to allow a westbound passenger
train to clear the crossing. As soon as
the train had cleared the motor tracks
and pulled up at the depot Conductor
Alger is said to have signaled Motorman
McCabe to come ahead. AS the car was
about half way across the street inter-
section a freight train backing east
struck the rear platform Of the motor,
tearing off the step and throwing the
hind trucks of the car off the tracks.
Mr.. FELTON,, who was standing on the rear
platform, realizing his danger, jumped
and fell partly under the wheels of the
freight train. His right leg was crushed
and almost severed near the hip and he
received a bad cut in the head.
1.
cident before her identity could be
learned. was on the motor and she. with
the assistance of former Councilman E.
G. Brown and John Schott, proprietor of
nearby drug store, picked up Mr.. FELTON,
and applied a compress bandage to stop
the flow of blood from the mangled limb.
Mr.. FELTON, was quickly as possible re-
moved to the Jennie Edmundson hospital
in the police ambulance
Fred Pace was standing on the plat
form and the shock OF the collision threw
him against the iron railing, injuring
both legs. His injuries. however, were
not sufficiently serious to prevent him
taking a car home.
There were a number OF passengers in
the car. including several women. AS far
as could be learned none was hurt, al
though most of them were thrown from
their seats and shaken up.
Conductor Alger of the street car when
asked for his version of the accident de-
clined to talk. stating he was under in
structions not to do so. A
Several eye witnesses of the accident
said that Conductor Aiger signalled the
motorman to go ahead as soon as the
last car of the passenger train had cleared
the street tracks and without pro-
ceeding further across the railroad tracks
to ascertain II any other trains were COM
ing.
At the hospital it was found necessary
to amputate the crushed limb at the hip
Joint and Il was then apparent there was
little II any chance for Mr.. Felton's sur
vfving mis- injuries. He died shortly after
/ 10 O'Clock, his wife, brother and father-in-
law. who had been summoned from Nicola,
being at his bedside.
Mr.. FELTON, was q years of age and until
few weeks ago resided at Nicola where
his parents live. He was a member OF the
Pottawattamie county bar and practiced
his profession until six weeks ago when
he removed to Underwood to assume the
position OF cashier Of the Underwood State
bank He is survived by his wife. a
l'daughter of Mr.. and Mrs James Rlshton
Of Nicola and a niece of Thomas Rishton
OF this city, and one child.