Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-26
FATALLY INJURED
UNDER A BOX CAR
Frank DeLorenzo, Italian Sec.
ton Hand, Dies at Hospi-
tai After Accident.
CORONER. HOLDS INQUEST
Father of Victim Says That Son Had
Not Been Warned of Danger
Attending Work.

While working in the Milwaukee
railroad yards yesterday afternoon
about $50, Frank De Lorenzo, an Ital-
ian section hand, was run over and
fatally injured. He was taken to St
Anthony's hospital and survived IN
til 8 O'Clock last evening.
The unfortunate boy was EMPLOYED
as a section hand and had been
with the company for four months.
He was about Is years of age. He
was engaged in shoveling cinders
from between the rails at the foot
of Sixteenth street, when a freight
train backed in on the track on which
he was working. He evidently had
not heard the approaching cars for
he made no effort to get out of dan
ger. Both of his legs were crushed
and it was realized from the first that
he could not survive. However, he
was conscious when picked up and
told his fellow workmen that he was
going to die
INQUEST Is HELD.
An inquest was held this morning
by Coroner r. c. J. Meyer The cues
ton of whether or not the young man
was killed by flying switch, which
it is alleged it is not permitted under
| the state law was discussed at con-
! siderable length after the witnesses
were heard. 1t was decided to bring
| in a blank verdict, however, finding
that the boy died from being run over
| in the Milwaukee road yards by a
| d. R l. & n. w. switch engine. 1t
was brought out in the verdict that
| the boy was but 16 years of age and
could not speak English.
| TRAINMEN TESTIFY.
John Sullivan was the first witness
He told of being on top of a string
of cars being sent down track No G
on which Frank was working at clean
| ing cinders from the track He claim
ed he did not see the boy and the first
he knew of the accident was when
one of the men called to him that a
man had been hurt. The boy was
carried on box car door outside OF
the tracks and Immediately taken tc
ADJllOuS > lOSpiISl.
Joseph O'Brien of Davenport, fore
man of the switch crew for the d. r
|. & n. w, stated that he stopped anC
told Frank that they were going Il
switch and TO be careful and that the
boy did not step over the track at the
time and that he waited until he die
leave the rails. He then continued
T1yith &c
cars had been sent down the tract
on which Frank had been workin:
and that soon a. st. Paul freight pull
ed into the yards and six more car
were shunted down the track. 1t i
presumed that Frank was working be
tween cars which were about a car
length apart when this string cam
on to the track. He admitted tina
Frank was an inexperienced railToat
hand.
Section Foreman George Milton 70
. whom the boy worked, stated tina
Frank had worked for him but fou
days but thought he had previOu
railroad experience. He said he ha
told the boy to be very careful. d.
J. P Comegys told of the lads il
: juries, stating that the right foot wa
nearly severed a few inches abov
the ankle, the right thigh bone wa
crushed and the left foot was crushed
He stated he was called soon after
and that the lad died at st. Anthony
hospital from the shock induced b
his wounds.
. FATHER TALKS
The father of the boy, Veto De Lol
2 EMO, who is employed at the Roc
) Island Plow company, took the stan
: and with the aid of an interprete
told the coroneTs jury that the bo
told him after his accident that h
i had not been warned of his DANCE
r and that his boy could not speak nc
4 understand English. He said the bo
{ was born in Sicily and was 16 year
t of age Jan. Is. He came to Rock L
: land July 8, last year. The famil
D home is 221 Twentieth street.
BURIED TODAY.
It had been planned to hold the ful
+ eral tomorrow at St Mary's church bl
late this afternoon it was decided I
e bury without special services. Int
Z ment was made at O'Clock in Ca
vary cemetery.