The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1913-12-09
Jack
Killed By Train
WAS ASLEEP ON ON RAILROAD TRACK
Hit By Engine And Was Deed When Taken From
Under Tran--BaCk Broken

Aboul two O'Clock Saturday after |
noon lnmherjaok, whose name has
not yet been learned WAS run over
and instantly killed by train,
mile and a half east of Fernwood on
the branch line.
The local freight with Oscar Eel
ton. conductor and /. JDulick engln-
Ger WAS on It's run to Elk River and
was within a mile and half Of Fern
wood when they rounded curve and
he engineer saw sumethlng on the
track At first be thought It block
Of wood but soon saw It was a man
He pnt on the emergency brakes
ana brought the train to a stop as
soon as p sslble
The train was within $50 feet of
the man when he was discovered and
ss 1t was heavy train of thirty
cars. with the full power of the emer-
gency brakes the engineer Was unable
to bring It to a stop in time to pre-
vent It from hitting the man.
AS soon as the train came to a stop
the engineer and fireman jumped off
and found be body of the man und-
er the engine about six feet from the
rear end
He was lying on his side with his
feet across the rail just, 10 front Of
ths rear drive wheels. The engine
WAS uncoupled and run ahead enough
to clear the body which was them
taken off the track. His back wasl
broken and there Was concussion
on the side OF bis head and II was
evident thai he had been instantly
killed either by the blow on the
head or on the back.
The remains we're not mangled and
he had evidently been struck by the
brake dxings under the engine.
When first seen by the engineer he
was lying between the guard rails
and the approach to a bridge which
Is at that point aud was evidently
asleep. II he had kept the position
be was in when hrst seen the
engine would have passed over him
without hurting him.
The pilot passed over without touch
ing him aud It is the opinion Of the
engineer that as It passed over him
noise Of the. train partially aroused
him and he raised. up just IN time to
be struck 10 the head by the brake
tixnRs. The blow partially turned
him brrke his back and threw HE
rect across the rail.
About seven or eight hundred feet
from where the accident occurred
the engineer saw a drunken man sit
ting on the bank beside the track.
The man waved his hands Rs the
train went by but as he VISA swayinR
from side t. side and evidently drunk
the engineer thought nothing of II
After they had taken the body
from under the engine this man
came down to where they we're .He
proed TO te friend sof the dead man
aud was too drunk to give much 10
formation He could not tell the
mans name but said be WAS from
aberdeen South Dakota and hal been
. working at Blackwells camp for four
days That they had started TO walk
to Santa That the dead man ha
. laid down on the track three or foul
: times aud had gone to sleep aud that
he had reused him up and tried t.
get him of the track, but he wou ID
walk little way aud lay down agair
he said that be finally got tired
Of trying to get him along and went
on aud left him
Il only went seven or eight hund
ei feet when he sat dwn on the baul
to walt for him and that the trail
came when be, waved his hauds to try
to stop lt
Tue body was put on the trail
and taken to Fernwood where 1t wa
left
Upon bis arrival 10 this city Engin
% eer Dullck reported the accident &
Chas e Schultz justice OF the peace
giving all particulars
= Mr. Dulick was ell broke up owe
= the accident He has heen runnin
an engine for six yeas and this
= the first accident Of the kind that b
has had and the hrst pers1n that
las injured The sight of the dea
man made him 80 sick that he Wa
hardly able to climb into the ca
after they had tten the body aboaT
and xere eady to start
D. Thos. h. Vorman wss 10 she cit