The Greeley tribune., 1910-01-27
WOMAN KILLED
ED
ny e. n :. TRAIN

by 4. \ :. TRAIN
The attending physician upon M'S'
Coyapauch stated this morning; She
has a broken right arm, severe IN
iuries about the face, possible inter
nal injuries She will probaol! ule'
shortly after 300 Friday morn
,rc Mrs Cayanaugh started for Gree
Low. telling her husband that she
would be back again by 10 O'Clock,
Ten o'clock came and passed ana
another hour passed before the dread
intelligence reached Mr.. CaVanaush'
Meanwhile the wife and mother
mad been run down. She had lett
ber home ana was walking on the
right hand side of the road FOR the
city. She did not lock dp as she ap-
preached the tracks.
A special pay train bound for Fort
Collins was coming swiftly out OF
the yards. The train crew claims
that warning was sounded This
denied by witnesses.
According to Ralph Clifton, the |
only actual witness to the accident
the woman mad reached the outside
rail and was about to step out OF
the path of the sweeping engine when
she was caught and carried TO the
COW catcher, then hurled and bounc-
ed along before the engine till the
unconscious body was cast aside in
the ditch beneath the stock guard.
The air was applied and the train
came to a jarring stop,
The left side Of the engine where /
the frost had been swept away show {
ed where the woman had struck. The c
crew of the train at once rushed back q
to the scene of the accident Al the
same time, T. l.. Faris and his broth
er. d. NJ. Faris. who own and oper- :
ate the Greeley concrete factory ;,
which stands alongside OF the tracks, n
and Mr.. Clifton rushed to the scene. is
7. l.. Faris was coming down the O
-oad on his bicycle behind the deliv- n
ry wagon when the accident hap
,ened. and hence his view was cut ~
If - -
The woman was picked up and IN
arried unconscious to the office OF ar
be concrete company. She was bleed III
lg profusely about the face. The
usband, half a mile away rocking
is babies to sleep. saw from the win
ow the train stop. saw the men get
-om the cars and run back, but he L
fought nothing of it and went on So,
)cking the infants TO sleep. Mr.. on
aris at once called up Coroner Macy ha
I'D ordered him to rush his ambu- CHI
nee to the scene. The ambulance Fo
as accompanied by a physician and an
run was made for the city hospital s'i
,ting City Marshal Ahrend investi- n
ted the case
There was no clue TO the identity
the woman. After making com ii,
ete ln'estlsatlon at the spot Where hi,
e accident occurred, the Tribune lo
preventative was informed by Mr. II
iris that there was deaf and dumb "t
oman living half mile out who pr
lswered the description of the wom- M
I who had been injured. ~
The husband was in the back of au
g house. He had known nothing to
the accident. de
What is your Nance was writ VII
] on the pad. pa
-. VI. Cavanaugh." ga
Did your wife go to Greeley this
'rning7" th'
Yes"
Then description of the woman IA,
5 given and the information was pu
lveyed that she was injured
With tears streaming down his ito
aeks the man pointed to the little sr
IDLE at the side of the room bu
He was bewildered. Is
Get neighbors.' was written, and
? man rushed hatless from the 81,
use and to the nearest neighbor I'M
Then returning he came to Gree te,
: and to the city hospital, where
2 dread fear was confirmed me op
Iured woman was his wife and he OF
nix on his knees at her bedside. u'