Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-16
LADY MET TRAGIC DEATH
Miss Molly Foley Was Instantly
Killed by 3. & 0. Train.
WAS WALKING ON THE TRACKS
Stepped in Front Of Freight Onto the
Pathway OF the Second Section
of Passenger Train No. SIS.

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Miss Mollie Foley, daughter of Mr..
John Foley ST., and respected and
well known young lady residing on
Boyd street, near Green Hill cemetery.
was struck and instantly killed shortly
before o'clock Monday, while walking
along the Baltimore e. Ohio tracks,
midway between the passenger station
and the North Queen street crossing
The terrible tragedy was enacted al
most In the presence Of scores of per
sons, who were In the immediate vicin-
ity, and several men, who were eye
witnesses of the distressing accident,
were almost overcome at the sudden
ness and awful termination of the af-
fair Within few minutes after the
accident great crowd OF persons,
many of them friends and coworkers
of the young lady. gathered about the
lifeless form and there were but few
dry eyes in the assemblage as the re-
mains of the dead girl were tenderly
/ lifted and borne away TO the home she
/ he'd quilted only few minutes be-
/ fore.
Struck BY Engine.
Miss Foley was on her way TO her
employment at the Middlesex mills,
decided to walk along the tracks from
the passenger station to the mill. She
had accomplished about half the dis
lance. when she saw fast freight
train coming toward her on the east
track. Hastily stepping out of the way
of the approaching freight. she sought
refuge upon the west track. directly
in front of the second section of pas
senger train No. 55, wi ich was coming
up from the rear
The noise from the passing freight
train completely drowned the rumble
of the approaching passenger train,
and the doomed girl failed also to hear
the warning blast of the whistle. BE.
fore she realized the peril of her posi-
ton the engine pulling the passenger
train swept upon her, and she was
hurled with terrific force against a
steel freight car on the opposite track.
The engineer had reversed his en-
CINE and the train came to stop at
the Queen street crossing, when the
engineer hurried back to the scene of
of the accident. Others who realized
that a tragedy had been enacted under
their eyes also hurried to the side of
the unfortunate girl, but when she was
lifted from the ground life was ex-
tinct. The wound that caused her
death was located on the right side OF
the head, above and behind the eye,
and was probably inflicted when the
form of the girl was Hurled against the
freight car.
No Inquest Held.
Coroner Colston was summoned and
arrived upon the scene a few minutes
after the accident He made an inves-
tigation of the facts, and decided that
an inquest was unnecessary the cir
cumstances surrounding the distress
ing affair indicating clearly that death
was due to purely accidental causes.
The body was removed to her home
on Boyd street, where the aged ana
grief-stricken father had been inform
ed of the tragedy few minutes ear
lier
Miss Foley was aged about 80 years,
and had been employed at the Middle
sex mills for several years. She was
a popular and efficient employee, a fa-
vorite with the other employees, and es.
teemed and respected by all who knew
her, She was a consistent member of
st. Joseph's Catholic church
Surviving are her father and one
brother and one sister-Mr. John Fo-
ley, of Roanoke, and Mrs. William
Wiggington, Of this city. -.
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