The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-04-24
FIVE AusTRIANs KILLED
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ZOVAN UZELAC. single. aged "a.
skull crushed. right arm broken. left
leg crushed.
MALETA UZELAC. single. aged
26. skull crushed. large cut on left
leg. The above were three brothers
and still another brother was with the
surfacing gang in the camp.
The inquest was held at the city
hall on Friday afternoon. The jury
consisted of Albert Vernon. Jacob
Kropf and Adelbert Ellis. Coroner
Byrnes conducted the inquest with w.
G. Rollins as clerk. The hearing was
in fact mere formality and elected
but few additional facts. F. M. Hin
man. said to be one of the best and
one of the unluckiest engineers on the
Illinois Central system. was one of
tie first witnesses. He added little to
the facts as already given. He said
that his train was 20 minutes late and
was going some. he estimated the
speed at IS miles an hour. He said
both he and the fireman were on the
lookout for workmen. as they knew
work was being done on the track and
had seen workmen there when passing
over the road the 10th. He said the
fireman saw the men. yelled "nand-
car" and that he then threw on the
air brake and gave the warning whis-
tie. He said the train had gone a
half mile before he could stop it. He
further testified that he had seen no
signals to look out for men on the
track.
The fireman, Andrew Fisher. told
the same story except that he thought
the distance from the car when he
first saw it was about 800 feet.
DR.. Boyle testified that from the
nature of the injuries. he judged that
the men. all except one at least. had
had their backs towards the train.
John Byrne. foreman of the gang
said that he had first heard of the ac-
cident at Ellis. That he did not know
that the men were gone from camp
and that they must have taken the
hand car while he was at dinner. He
said he had told one Of the men who
was killed not to take the hand-car.
He also testified that, while it was
required by the rules of the company
that hand-cars should be kept locked
when not in service. he had not been
in the habit of obeying the rule since
his gang had been at Ellis and had
not had the cars so locked. He said
he had heard that the men had the
hand car one night before. From
private inquiry with the men none
could be found to acknowledge that
the foreman had ever forbidden them
to take this car. If any negligence
could be attributed to anyone in this
unfortunate affair, it would fall upon
the foreman who did not live up to
the rules of the company as to keep
ing the handle locked.
M. Learning. roadmaster. testified
that he was on the train and that he
heard the engine whistle. both for the
crossing and for warning, just be-
fore the accident. Peter Raedkone one
of the workmen. aided by an interpre-
ter from Omaha, gave unimportant
testimony. The jury brought in a YER
dict by which no blame is attached tc
the railroad company.
The funeral services were held on
Saturday and were attended by the fell
low workmen of the victims. The re-
mains were laid to rest in the Cath
Ollie cemetery and Rev. Father M. j.
Farrelly omiciated at the simple cere-
mony with which they were consigned
to their last resting place. The work
men and railroad men subscribed 70 a
fund with which monume t is to be
erected to their memory and the Hi
nois Central assumed all expense con-
nected with giving them suitable
Christian burial.