Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-11-15
LEGS MANGLED
CHRYN IS DEAD
Boy Horribly Injured Yes
terday Was Relieved from
Pain by Death.
STEALING TRAIN RIDE
Railroad Men Tell Of Horri-
bic Accident and Of Boys
Bravery.
STEALING TRAIN RIDE

Following the horrible accident
just before O'Clock at noon yester-
day, when both his feet were severed
and his upper legs ground by the
wheels of Pennsylvania freigh:
train, Joseph Chryn, of 68S Elizabeth
street, died about 6 o'clock last night
at the city hospital. Nothing could
be done for the lad by the physicians
except administer drugs to relieve
pain. No attempt was made to oper.
ate on the boy, for soon after his
arrival at the hospital it was appar.
ent that he was dying. 1t has beer
learned that the dead boy is the sor
of Michael Chryn, who keeps a gro.
Gerry at 6S8 Elizabeth street. The
lad was on his way to the grammar
school and hoped on the freight tc
steal ride.
The accident, as told 5y railroad
men who were eye witnesses of the
tragedy, presents a horribly gruo.
some story and will probably prove
a sinister lesson to minors, whom thu
railroad men declare waLtonly tres
pass on the tracks OF the Pennsylva-
MIA and the Lehigh Valley rather
than taking the State street thor.
oughfare.
AS told by towerman. the lad
made his first attempt at Hall ave-
nue.. The train was pulling into
Perth Amboy at a fair rate of speed
and the boy missed several cars
The towerman saw him make anoth-
er effort and grasp one of the lower
rungs of the ladder ON the rear OF
the last boxcar. Following the box
, car came a coal conveyor and the
caboose. The boy managed to griE
the ladder rung, but was unable to
get a foothold.
Afraid to let go, the boy clung
to the train, lest he drop off and fall
under the wheels of the next car.
Clinging with all his might he rode
In this manner for twenty-five yards
until reaching the tower house at
the intersection of the Pennsylvania
and Lehigh Valley tracks. His, left
leg, which was dangling from the
car, struck the top of the upright
switch of the Lehigh Valley main
east bound track. So. terrific was
the blow, the switch shaft was snap
ped, though 1t is about one inch In
diameter and made of iron.
The towerman saw the boy had nc
foothold on the train and ran from
his lookout room down the steps to
his assistance, but was unable to add
the lad before he had struck the
upper part of the switch. The tow.
erman and other railroad men soon
gathered about the victim after the
caboose had passed and carried the
boy to the side of the tracks, where
DR.. George w. Tyrrell attended him
and had him sent to the hospital.
The railroad men say that it was
q pathetic sight to see the mangled
lad, and hear him talking intelligent
ly and expressing remorse at having
attempted to jump the train. "What
will my father say?" the boy cried
while the men were picking him up,
"Oh, why did l Jump the train; why
did / do ft?" he cried. The boy then
tearfully begged for his parents.
According to the railroad men the
boy displayed extraordinary nerve"
fot one SO horribly injured. Just af.
ter the accident he tried to rise from
the tracks himself, and braced his
body on his elbows. Then finding
he could not get up called to the
men to pull him out.
The boy was conscious up until a
short while before his death, and
talked to his parents at the hospital
a little while during the afternoon.
His mother is heart broken as she
realizes the horrible suffering of her
son.
The blow made the boy lose his
hold and he fell. The coal con-
veyor moving at fair rate of speed
caught his body and arried it sew
eral feet, when 1t dropped to the
level of the tracks In the middle of
the crossing of the two railroads.
The wheels of the coal car and ca
boose then ground off his feet Just
above the ankles, and crushed his
left leg just below the thigh, and
his right just below the knee. The
members were merely hanging to
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