Connecticut western news., 1915-12-09
BEEN KIMBALL KILLED
Ills Auto Struck by Train on Grace
 Crossing.

Crossing.
 Eben kimball, of East Canaan, 59 years old, was instantly killed about 4:S0 o'clock Saturday afternoon by the east bound passenger train on the Cen tral New England railroad at the cross ing near the Sage place, about mile north of the Coilinsville station. The Courant account says: Mir. Kimbal was going in the same direction as the train in all automobile which had cur tains on because of the cold. It is thought that he did uot see or near the approaching train.
 He had had the automobile but a few months and was a careful driver. The locomotive struck the rear of the automobile and threw it long dis. tance. K. c. Bristol came out of barn nearby just after the accident and found the man lying i'll the road with his face down, about ten feet from the automobile. The engine of the auto was still running, although the car was almost entirely wreck. One of the mans gloves was on the steering wheel and his hat lay on one of the lenders at the side or the radlatOr.
 MT. Bristol telephoned to Dr. c. J. Kilburn. He found that Kimball had a fractured skull, a fractured breast. bone, broken collarbone and dislC- cated shoulder. He took the body in his automobile to Hugins's undertak- ing rooms in this place after Coroner Dr. George F. Lewis had given per. mission for it's removal. The engineer of the train stopped the train as soon as possible and backed up. It was necessary to flag freight train which was following the passenger train. Both trains proceeded after the body had been removed.
 Mr. Kimball had lived in Collins. vile since last spring. He furnished SIX teams that were employed at the Phelps Brook dam and, with the men in his employ. was living in one of the houses which had been vacated in the base Cf the' Nepaug rcsarvuir. His family remained in Fast Canaan, where they Lad lived for two years. lie was born at Saranac Lake, N. Y. About six years ago he worked
 
 Nepaug. He was we'll liked by all who had done business with him. He intended to go to New Milford from here, where he had timber contract At the time that he was struck by the train he was returning from a trip to his home in East Canaan, having left Collinsville that morning. He leaves his wife, three sons, Stephen Kimball, of Millerton N. r.; Eben Kimball, of Southbury and Henry Kimball. of East Canaan; and six daughters, Mrs. Frank Andrews, of West Beckett, Mass. Mrs. E. M. Collins, of Canaan; Mrs. Her. bert Ladd and Miss Avis Kimball, of Plattsburgh, N. Y.; Mrs. David H. Roger, of Southbury; and Miss Addie Kimball, of East Canaan. Also a brother James Kimball, of Saranac, N. Y.
 The accident was about a mile west of where Paul w. Schmidt and Miss Margaret Murphy, of Hartford, were killed in an automobile accident several weeks ago while on their way to the home of Miss Elsie Zeitler, of Collins vile.
 The funeral services were held yes terday forenoon at the house. Rev. l.. E. Travis officiated and made appro. priate and feeling remarks. There was large attendance of friends, and about 35 Masons, in regalia, were pres. ent. Owing to the inclemency of the wea her, which made it advisable to have the exercises at the grave as brief as possible, the Masonic rites were given at the house, the sprig of acacia deposited, etc. Brother Ira Traver, of Lakeville, officiating impressively as Master though the services were in charpe of Huusatonic Lodge. At the grave the benediction was pronounced by Rev. MT. Travis.
 The floral offerings were many and beautiful and included set piece from the Masonic Lodge of Plattsburg, N. Y. of which deceased was a member The interment was i'll Hillside Ceme- tery. The bearers were the following members of Housatonic Lodge: H. E. Holt, E. l.. Rl berts, E. A. Creevey, James Graney, George w. Ford, H. A. Holt
 Among those present from out of town were: MT. and Mrs. Wilbur Foote and children, of Great Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Manley, Miss Martha Manley, George Manley, Frank Manley, of Dannemora, N. Y; John Earring. ton, of Raybrook, N. Y.; MT. and Mrs. Samuel Gibbons, and Mrs. Hepsy Wash burne, great aunt of MT. Kimball's, aged 86, of East Canaan; James Kim ball, of Saranac, N. Y, only brother: Miss Anna Lobdell, of Saranac, N. Y.
 Major Flynn Honored,