The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-06-26
VI. F. coNLEY, PubIishsr
LON BORDERS.
Particulars of His Horrible Death
At Quincy, IN.

The Quincy Herald gives the fol-
lowing particulars of the accident
that resulted in the death of Lon
Borders, formerly of this county, men
tion of which was made last week.
He was son of Charley Borders
and grandson of David Borders. Lon
was a genial, popular young man and
had many friends in Louisa. He
became an engineer in 1908.
At the time of the accident he was
on a stock train consisting of sew
enteen cars and caboose.
The long stock train had just cross
ed the bay bridge and was swinging
into the yards with a heavy pressure
of steam in order TO get the momentum
sufficient to carry the heavy Load
up the incline into the freight yards
The engine was just rounding .
curve at a speed rather unusual for
freight train but which is neees-
sary in order to make the steep
grade. Just as the engine was round
Ing the curve at the foot of Cedar
street the flange of the forward, or
bngine truck of the locomotive, in
stead of following the rail of the
curve, mounted the track and as a
consequence the engines grip on The
steel rails was lost. The huge ma
sine began to veer and in a seconds
time had left the track. Engineer
Borders applied the brakes, but the
momentum Of the heavy train car
ried the locomotive onward and,
striking 1t squarely, sent the locom0-
tive and tender lunging over the
track. The engine was thrown com
pletely around, and though when en-
tering the. yards it faced directly
south, after the accident it pointed
its head toward the northeast, lying
on its right side to the east of the
track. The tender was thro 81 to
the west side making a horrid "
Ia the apex ofwhich there was death
and destruction.
When Engineer Borders saw what
was inevitable he did all in his pow
er to stop the train and remained in
his seat in the csb.
He was pinned beneaht the frame
work of his cab, and in this posi-
! tion was literally boiled to death
+ The injector pipe of the engine broke
J and the full force Of the heavy pres
: sure of the steam in the engine
. struck the PROSTATE engineers body
: The cab of the engine was a verit-
able boiler of human flesh. From
! head to foot the engineer was scald-
e ed and the flesh peeled from the
a bones as the bond wasy tenderly lift
ed from its terrible position. Intn
y this scalding furnace the two brake
: men of the crew and Dick Purcell
e and companion, who chanced 70
S be near the scene of the accident.
plunged to extricate the burning en-
gineer. By the time the steam had
escaped Borders had been taken GU
OF the cab. He was carried over to
: the shade of the corn planter works
a and the police and the doctors wers
notified
The abdominal region seemed t.
. have suffered worst, the flesh break
! ing away along the median lines
leaving the internal organs exposed
The spectators as well as the physi
clans saw that it was only matte
of time with the injured man. HI
was conveyed to Blessing Hospital
IN where all that skill and science coul
IS bring to bear was employed to al
leviate his sufferings. They were @
n no avail, however, and Borders dis
II little after five o'clock Suffer
; ing beyond compare, his courage neV
er deserted him. To the last b,
G was conscious and realized his con
jition, and met death like the her
= he was. Just as the shadows o
t death were cI4sing about him, h
d asked that his mother be given +;
part of his insurance money to pro
,r vide in a measure for her old age.