Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-25
Ground 10 Pieces al Westerly Station
Angelo MerinsoIo, s. Hurying from Work to Dig His Garden, Took Chances with Kuickerbocker Express -1eath of Michael Sweeney-Important Cases As signed for Next Monday-Firemen Attend East wien Fair

!, to the crossing The gates were down I and Meringolo evidently knew that a train was approaching, but probably figured that it was the accommodation train that usually passed at the time | when he reaches the crossing when he is returning home from his regu- l lar days work but Saturday he was 1 permitted to quit work half an hour l earlier, as he had some work to do in l his home garden Instead of the ac- commodation train that slows down on coming into the station, it was the Knickerbocker Limited. that does not stop at Westerly, but whizzes through at tremendous speed.
 Just as MeringOlo stepped under the gate. the locomotive gave shriek of
 warning. which seemed to daze Merlin golo. dor he stepped on the track and faced the locomotive, seemingly trans fixed, and few seconds later the man was cut into small pieces, the remains
 being strewn from a few east of the crossing to the signal tower some two
 hundred feet distant. the crushed head
 being thrown to one side of the track
 in front of the entrance to the sta
 ton, and small portions of the body
 being thrown on the west bound track
 The train came to a standstill just be-
 yond the tower, but by that time the
 entire train had passed over some por-
 tiOn of the body of Meringolo.
 pr. J. Howard Morgan. the medical
 examiner, supervised the collection of
 the remains of the unfortunate man,
 which were picked up with a shovel
 and deposited as carefully as possible
 in an empty sugar barrel; with the ex-
 ception of a small portion of the back there was not piece of the body one foot in length. The medical examiner made investigation of the circum- stances and was of opinion that the railroad company was not responsible for the death. He gave permission for the removal of the remains Soon thereafter the barrel with its grue- some contents were placed in the un- dertaker's ambulance and prepared for burial.
 The decea sed was a gardener and had been employed for the past five years by Dr. John Champlin. Sat urday was the first day in that long period when he asked to be permitted to quit work before the regular time. 1 Dr. Champlin speaks in the highest i terms of the young man; he was com petent, diligent, of good habits and l was just about commencing to live in i comfort when he died He had already ] paid money as an option for a home of | his own
 Angelo Meringolo was born in Italy. l was thirty-three years of age, and l leaves a wife and three small children. the eldest being only four years of | age. He has two sisters who reside in W Westerly besides relatives in his na- i've country. By reason of his being m the employment of Dr. Champlin. le was extensively known to many residents of Westerly, and all refer to 1im as a young man of exceptionally good character.
 His funeral was held Sunday after loon, the members of the Italian Mu- ual Benefit society attending in a body. The services for the dead were leld in the Church of the Immaculate and burial was in St Mi ,haePs cemetery.