Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-21
ENGINEER killed
UNDER Own ENGINE
BENJAMIN r. sovcE CRUSHED
UNDER LOCOMOTIVE IN
LOCAL YARDS.
RUN OVER WHEN HosrLER
STARTS LOCOMOTIVE GOING
Presumed Beyes Was in Front Of 10.
connective, or Under Il, Making In
speetion-No ons. Not Evsn Hestlsr,
Saw Him Or Knew He Was Near
che Loeometivs.


BENJAMIN r. Boyce. one Of the
younger well-known engineers OF the
Minneapolis & St, Louis. was run down
and 30 badly injured under his own
locomotive in the local yards about
4:30 this morning that he died three
hours later at the Deaconess hospital.
Attic fearfully crushed, Boyce was
conscious when found under the wheels
OF his engine but he lapsed into un-
consciousness before dragged out and
died without regaining his senses.
Altho the hostler. Perry NJ. Griffis,
500 South First street, was In the To-
connective cab and drove the engine over
the engineer. no one saw the accident,
or as far as ln9u1ry developed. no one.
including GrifS. Knew that Boyce was
anywhere about the engine.
Locomotive Crushed Him.
Boyce and his fremon. James OAR
ing, had just brought the locomotive
In on south-bound passenger No. 8,
and had taken 1t to the water crane
close by the coal chutes, where the To-
connective was left for the hostler to
take charge Of 1t. Darling had left the
cab and gone to the round house.
"Boyce was in the cab when l
climbed into it," said Griffis this fore
noon. HE was filling his Oil cans, and
had locked up his box, getting ready
20 leave the cab. waited for him to
finish, and while he was there we
talked for several minutes.
HNhoS, he he'd N~~n xs,hot hA no 10
do, and was ready to go asked him,
are you all thru, Benz"
Shes all yours he answered,
then climbed out Of the cab"
HE got off on the left side. the side
away from the round house. I waited
long enough for him to have got a firm
footing on the ground before started
he engine. turned on the bell ringer
saw the track ahead was clear. My
lper was at the switch down In the
I'd.
Scream A&traets Help.
The locomotive had moved only a
short distance when a scream from
y somewhere about the locomotive at
tracted Griffis' attention. He at once
shut OFF the steam and stopped the en-
CINE.
J. H. Chamberlain. night foreman OF
the round house. heard the cry and ran
to the locomotive. He asked Griffis
where Boyce was, The hostler replied
Boyce had gone to the round house.
mo I'm here, but I'm not hurt"
Boyce called, the voice coming from
under the locomotive tank.
! Investigation showed the engineer
held under the wheels on the rear truck
OF the tank by his legs and arm. To
prevent moving the engine more and to
release the injured man, jacks and
help was brought and the truck was
lifted so that Boyce could be pulled
out.
II couldn't tell where the yell came
from on account of the noises nearby
laid Griffis, but he said he knew 1t
was close by.
Legs and Arm Crushed.
The locomotive and all but the rear
pair OF wheels OF the truck had passed
over Boyce's legs and arms. His legs
were fearfully crushed from the knee
! to the thigh. His right arm was SIM
ilarly mangled, and there were bad
and deep cuts on the scalp, but the
skull had not been fractured. DR.. III. H.
Nichols. the company physician, was
summoned, but Boyce had lapsed into
unconsciousness soon after his answer
a uAO atLIACLeQ aIteElllOH " HiS pObttlOIls
An ambulance was called and the
injured man was removed tc the Dea-
/ coness, where Drs. Nichols. Chesire,
\ Merrill, and Johnson amputated the
4 legs and arm close up to the trunk and
y bound up his other injuries. Boyce
aied at 1880, and the body was re-
d moved to the Pursel undertaking par.
>lors. rk4
4 Probably Slipped and Fell.
Griffis has no way Of accounting
for Boyce being run down. He pre-
sumed Boyce had either stepped
alongside the locomotive until 1t went
ahead, or had passed in the rear Of 1t
toward the round house. Tho only ex-
PLANTATION he can give, which Is purely
a surmise, he says. IS that Boyce may
have started to pass in front Of the
locomotive just at about the time that
II moved forward and slipped and fell.
and did not have time to get out OF
the way.
Father Killed by Engine.
Boyce's father, William Boyce, who
was also an engineer, was killed under
IVAN engine in the NJ. & st. l.. yards at
Mason City three years ago next
february.
Tho young man was So years Of age
iHe was unmarried, and as fireman
nnd engineer he had worked for the
lowa Central and NJ. & st. L. for thir-
fesn years. Ten years of that time he
pad been IN engineer. He was said
A TO be q careful driver and was liked
land esteemed by his fellow employees
To Mr.. and Mrs. David H. Conger,
3oz South First avenue, In whose home
ne had lived for eight years. he seemed
Ike q member OF the family. He was
born At Mason City Dec. 8, 1873. and
WAS reared there.
III His mother, Mrs. Alice =. Boyce a
fbrother. and two sisters, survive him.
hM1s. Royce. the brother. Porter. and
sister F1ossie, are either In Venice or
hAve, recently gone to Seattle. where
yeed from Venice short time ago
nld Mrs. Boyce and her son and
LAUGHTER were planning to 90. A Sec
Ind sister, who was Miss Grace Boyce,
Put who was recently married, lives in
beettle.
After investigating DR.. F. H
youcher, coroner, said he deemed 1t
Rnnoceosary to hold an inquest.
The oyster supper given Friday eve-
ping By the woman's bible class Of the
kJntted Brethren church at the church
1sas well attended and success
naAeially4