The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-05-22

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Andrew J, McAIahan, general super
intendent of the Tennessee ana North
Carolina Railroad was fatally injured ,
last Thursday afternoon, when he was
mangled beneath an engine on which
he had been riding. His right legwas
severed below the hip, and he was car !
! ried to Knoxville, where he expired al
the Lincoln Memorial hospital, Friday
night at 1910 o'clock. The announce
ment of the accident Thursday follow
ed by the death Friday, cast pail OF
gloom over the community. for the life
of man known to practically every
man in the county had come to an end.
He had served the county twice as
superintendent gifts dcfeducation
and at the time OF his death he was q
member of the Board OF Aldermen of Z
| Newport. He had started many chill,
dren on their way TO knowledge
through his teachings in his early
| manhood. His life, brief as 1t was,
| death coming to him while he was in
his thirty-iifth year, had been busy
one and he had for the last five years
been Superintendent of the Tennessee
& North Carolina Railroad Company,
| having become associated with IL
when it was first constructed, and he
remained with it in some capacity UNI.
til his death.
On Thursday Mr.. McMahan went
; TO Crestmont for the purpose of in
specting and bringing back to New Il
port engine No. 5, which had been in
the shops there for some time. En-
gineer Craig was with him and about
p. M, the engine was started down
/ the steep grade to the main line
tracks at Waterville. There had been
some trouble about the engines TAX
| ing the sharp curves and Mr.. Me-
Mahan crawled down onto the pilot
for the purpose OF watching the wheels
as they took these curves, He was
watching OH one side and decided to
change his position and watch them
on the other, and in some manner lie
slipped and fell in the path of the, en-
CINE. He just had presence of mind
TO throw his body out of the road, be-
fore. the wheels began to crush down
upon his right leg. Seeing the mis-
hap, the engineer brought his engine
toia quick stop and crawled down to
where Mr.. McMahan lay on the
ground. The shock was so great that
there was no blood to stop, but fear
ing to move him the engineer decided
to make quick run TO Hartford
where he expected to find a physician.
sage was sent to Crestmont and to
Newport, and the regular passenger
train which had left Newport at b
O'Clock, was stopped at Wilton and
that train made run to Newport
where Drs. Smith and Delozier were
picked up. DR.. Stanbery was picked
up at Edwina and the run was made
back from Newport to Hartford in 70
minutes.
DIR. Clark, who was in The noun
tains above Crestmont, ran half way
down the mountain and met the
special which had been sent after him.
He was first on the scene and tine in
|jured man was taken to j. |. Clark's
home at Hartford, where he was given
medical attention. After his wound
had been dressed, the special train
brought him to Newport and he was
placed aboard the Carolina Special
and taken TO Knoxville. He rallied
from the operation there and was able
on Friday morning to converse freely
with those about him, but the hours
lost in getting him To the hospital and
the great shock he had suffered were
too much for his constitution, strong
as it was, and he expired at 1910 Fri
day night as mentioned above.
| The Southern Railway offered every
assistance to the Tennessee & North
Carolina Railroad, rendering them a
clear track to Knoxville for a special
train, but he could not be moved fast
enough to warrant special train.
A crowd of hundred or more per.
/ sonsA xynifpd ahout The If rcetc srhurefiav "
night TO ascertain his condition. Fist
reports from the scene Of the accident
had it that both of his legs were sever
ed, but when the special train arrived
and IL was seen that he had lighting
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