Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-06
HIT BY A TRAIN;
DIES INSTANTLY
Mrs. Alzina N. Hall, Aged 70, is Vic.
tim of Accident on Burling-
ton Crossing.
is HURLED INTO THE AIR
Trainrnen Did Not Know for Some
Time That They Had Run Woman
Down at Forty-third Street.

Mrs. AlZina M. Hall. 4214 Fifth ave-
nue., was struck and killed by train
No. AZ on the Burlington last evening
about 1880 at the Forty-third street
crossing. She was endeavoring To
cross the tracks in order to get on
street car which was, on its way down
town and she evidently did not notice
the approach of the train. 1t struck
her and she was thrown about Is feet
in the air and instantly killed. At
the coToner's inquest, which was held
this morning at the home, the story
of the accident was told by Mrs. May
Hall, the daughter-in-law of the victim
of the accident The ladies left thei,
home about 1880 with the intention
of spending the evening at one of the
vaudeville theaters. Having little
choice in the matter they decided 10
go either TO Moline or Rock Island,
depending on the direction OF thu
first car. Just as they were about to
cross the railway tracks at Forty
third street they noticed Car coming
from Moline and they at once started
to run so as to catch it. The elder
Mrs. Hall told her daughterin-law to
run ahead and stop it, which she did
The younger Mrs. Hall got on tn
rear platform and asked the conductor
TO wait a minute until her companion
arrived and he did hold the car min
ute or so. but when the other lady
did not show up he grew impatient
and Mrs. Hall got off the car and tol6
the conductor to go ahead as she
would have to go back to see what
had become of her companion Mrs
Han stated to the jury that at thai
time she had no thoughts of any in
jury Detailing her mother-in-law, Other
than that she might have fallen down
She did not notice that a train ha(
passed by after she had crossed the
track either and the first feeling o.
alarm which she had experienced wa:
when a man approached her and ash
where he could locate a doctor as {
woman had been struck by the train
She realized at once who the woman
was and commenced to scream anC
cry cut, asking if the woman was
dead. Several other men then ap
preached her and Gained her an;
took her to her home. One of tn
men assured her that he thought thu
woman was not badly injured.
Did Not See Train.
1t seems that when the younge
Mrs Hall left the other one to stol
tent on catching it that they did no
see that a passenger train was com
ing west on the Burlington tracks
The foremost woman must have bare
ly missed being struck by the trail
herself, as the other one was but
few yards behind her.
Joseph A. Vercofski and JOSEF
Politzer. two cavalrymen from til
island. had just stepped off the al
senal car when they heard Mr.,
Halls screams when she was aske
in regard to doctor They at one
ran to the scene but they found tina
Mrs. Hall was already dead. The
were Joined about the same time b
the conductor of the street car VIII
had watched Mrs. Hall after she ha
alighted from the car with the e,
pressed purpose of looking for he
companion, half expecting that the
might get there in time anyway t
get his car. The conductor Timoth
d. Young of this city, testified at III
inquest that he had seen both wome