Milford chronicle., 1914-09-18
EX-SENATOR BARNARD
KILLED BY The TRAIN

NE sudden and horrible death last
Monday afternoon of ex-S State Senate.
iemsen &. Barnard Of Camden at " von-
As' Where he was struck while in his
automobile, by a n0rth-bound NorfoIl
1 express passenger train. due at Do,,sr
I al o'42' not scheduled to stop at Wvor,-
i ,4g' caused unusual sadness in Camden
I " "yQmng and Dover. where Mr. Rer,
aafd was so well and favorablv kpou,n
ills tather-in-law, William Ellison If
camden, was at the Dover station when
1he news was received, awaiting the
same train which had killed his son-in-
law, on which he had intended to % to
Philadelphia. But when appraised of
'he fatality, which greatly shocked and
unnerved him. he abandoned the trin
anu with the assistance of a Dover friend Z
~ automobile was secured and he was
nuirleG 70 ms home in Camden, with his I
t'auuuaughter, who was on her way to .
s.lg = lraih from the Conference Academy
~ Dover, where she is a student
mr. Barnard had passed over the
crossing south OF Wyoming station lust
d lew minutes before the accident and
Iiulhg parallel with the tracks toward
NE wyoming cannery. turned his ma
lHihe across the tracks, evidently not
nearing or seeing the fast-approaching
express train. In an instant it rushed
lPon MN. The automobile in which he
was riding was completely demolished
ana Mr.. Barnard's s body thrown a dis
ance Of fully hundred feet across the
racks. large hole was cut in his head. S
rom which the brain Oozed. His face
md arms and legs were badly cut and T.
rulsed, one arm evidently being broken. S
Alter the fatal collision the engineer
rought the train to a stop as quickly n
S possible and with others of the train j
rev went back to ascertain the result.
he body of Mr.. Barnard was taken up r
nlcarrled to the station, and later placed !.
o a cot and taken to his home in Camden. ID
Mr. Barnard was prominent in the af-
airs OF this State as was his father. T.
le late Daniel P. Barnard, and was r.
equently spoken of as a candidate for 81
.e Republican nomination for Governor.
e leaves a wife and three children di
Is 18th birthday was on Sunday last. h
e was brother of John A. Barnard. s.
w candidate for State Senator from
e same district he once represented. q
Mr. Barnard was the directing head r
ne Stetson 4 Ellison Canning Com M
ny OF Camde. Thich also has branch
nneries at Houston and It other places -
Delaware. ca
Corner W. H. Willis on Tuesday held ..
d inquest over the body. Seven wit st
sses were heard. Nearly all of them
re eye witnesses to the tragedy. A co
-dict was rendered that Mr. Barnard c.
ne to his death by being struck by a to
tn bound Norfolk express train, No.
at Wyoming. Del, on September
1914, while riding across the tracks va
tn of the Wyoming station, further 4ls
uesting and demanding of the rail- Ju
d that safety gates and a fagman be
ced at the crossing inasmuch as many Ali
alities had occurred in the past years mo
he same crossing. which was un- an,
tected save for the bell system.
ch practically is of no use as it is 4
er heard during confusion of trains ny
leavy wagons passing. wa
)me Of the witnesses testified that ieB
le the signal of the approaching
n was heard less than a quarter of Fa,
lie from where Barnard was struck, age
whistle was not heard afterwards. Of
le funeral was held Thursday after =,
] and interment made at Odd Eel
Cemetery, Camden nav