Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
4,RAm A. WENTWORTH, OF os-
kALoosA, MEETS DEATH IN
LOCAL NJ. & ST. L. YARDS.
Din DOWN BY SWITCH
ENGINE BACKING UP
.d Man Dies in Yard Office Short
~ After Being Found-Was Con-
..;oue 70 Last.and Sends Message to
Wife and Family in oska'oosa-
In Service Quarter Century

u,u,r Wentworth, aged a. Of Os-
laIoosa. freight brakeman ana one
If the Oldest uainmen in the irelshl
service of the Minneapolis < ST. LOUIS
was injured in the local yards about
o,clock this morning Wien ne vas f1'I
over by switch engine. He oleo III
The office OF the yardmaster about
twenty minutes later, just as ne vas
na;np put on a s,retcher to be taken 70
bospita!. Wentwortn's legs We're
<o-<,,11,- crushed. Death Nas due TO
hemorrhage and shock.
For a few years prior 70 e4sHleS.,.
or twenty years ago eAs'>,'-- T.
worked out OF this city in the lre-s,lt
service of the Iowa Central. me po-s
was taken TO Oskaloosa ms 'hoFlIi!.7
nv Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. smith o ",
ford the latter a sister Of Nent'oT n
The funeral viii be held IN osAa4oostl'
Found Injured on Track.
wentworth came into the city on
4re;ght No, 95, north bound with
ANDY" Anderson. conductor, OF osAa-
,oosa the train stopped = ne EAST
yards while Wentworth went 10 me
,.rd office to get instructions as 70
what track TO bring the tram III Oh
de was told and left TIE Once
few minutes later Peter Lynch'
night yardmaster. went OIL 4hto -
Yard near the yard office TO see t4-al
No % was heading in all rlght- ne
beard Wentworth calling ana IouiI
MIN lying on the tracks near the NdFi
,ffice and lust west of the Third ave-
nue. crossing.
Sends Wife Dying Message.
Helm was called from the yard ONCE
and the Injured man was carried INTO
II DR.. H. II. Nichols. the company
surgeon and an ambulance were sum
moned and both reached the scene o.
the accident a few minutes after 'Ae
call was sent in.
Wentworth was conscious up 20 ~
time he died, altho suffering lhlehse'S.
A group Of the yard employees ana
.rainnlen gathered about him en.-
worth realized that ne was dYlns- ne
moaned in mis- agony as ne oade nose
about him good bye
Tell Min TO be good and take goefi
care of the children" %zs Ms G. 1'1S
messag e intrusted 70 fardulastss
lynch for Mrs. Wentworth. The IL
iured man died soon after the doctor
arrived. The body was removed q
rho purssl undertaking pa-lors.
The wheels OF the locomotive nad
nassed over Wentworrh's legs. t LEFT
iep was mangled and c-usaed from Zip
10 ankle. The right leg vas r2a1glea
- =
ti-elv gone. Otherwise there were -
serious injuries visible, alr.o Went
worth complained of an intense pam =
his side
Locomotive Booked Over Him.
The switch engine that ran Wen--
worth down was in charge of E2 LIS
lie an engineer Y mad bean in INF
west yards. pushing q freight or Of
town. and was backed tbrQ the yards
east to get out q the gay Of 1r@lsr
No e5. Il passed the yard office j1s
after Wentworth left i % return u
his train
Leslie did not see wentworth
either was standing On or nea- m
track on which the locomotive NJ
running. or slipea o. The ice and fei
In front Of 1t as Il we1. by. Beln'
warmly bundled up, 4 IS believe,
Wentworth did rot hear the locorao.iT
coming.
Was Reared Near Clifford.
Hiram A Wentworth "as BORN IN
reared near Clifford. He had oeer
me railroad service for about twenty
FIVE years, and during most q raa
time had lived az Oskalooss. Ee MIR
rled Miss Minnie Bogard, VINO survive
MIN. there Dee. 3. 1881. TWO so-f
John and Charles. ana org daugn-a,
Ruth. the youngest e Ire three s1-
i've their father.
One brother, four sisters and tA1'
brother also survive hirn. -1er n
William Wentworth. TaDa: Mrs. {
Smith. Clifford; 3irs. Eta Mile