The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-11-07
ASKS DAMAGES
FOR ALLEGED
N us n CE
PARTY NEAR McAlESTER HAS
FILED SUIT AGAINST THE ROCK
ISLAND AS RESULT OF RECENT
EXPLOSION HERE.

Pittsburg county has one citizen of
whom it should be justly proud
from the fact that he is possessed of
a most vivid imagination, and from
the further fact that he is trying to
capitalize that imganization at the
expense of the Rock Island railroad.
The name Of the plaintiff is Abbott,
and in his petition, asking $4,000
damages from the Rock Island rail
road. states that he is a coal miner,
capable of earning ten dollars per
day,-but let his petition speak for
| itself:
The case is styled, Vernon Abbott
VS.. Jacob NJ. Dickinson, receiver of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Railway company, and was filed by
Attorney |. p. Keith and sets forth
III detail:
THAT on the 21st day of October,
| 1915, the defendant, its agents, SER
wants and employees, set four of its
coal cars on the mine switch OF said
defendant at Burlin Oklahoma.
THAT these four cars were uncov-
cred, and were filled and loaded with
refuse from the Ardmore disaster Of
the 9th day of September, 1915;
among which refuse there was trash
garbage, decaying vegetable and ami
NAL matter, decomposing animal
| flesh and bones and human flesh in
| state of putrefaction. That nox-
ious fumes and sitting odors were
emitted from said cars; and these
| fumes and odors saturated the air
surrounding the cars for distance
Of about one mile away.
THE plaintiff further says that
blood ran down from said cars upon
the track, ties, and ground under
and around the cars, in pools and
puddles and formed great clots, which
emitted foul, noxious and sitting
odors, and still emits such odors.
THAT on account of the scent sent
| forth from the cars and the fumes
and odors, great myriads of flies
swarmed about and upon the cars
and upon the ground; green and pes
tilent flies drawn by the odious scent,
swarmed around, upon and into the
house of the plaintiff.
THAT tie plaintiff lives about one
hundred and fifty yards distant from
that portion of the switch where
these cars We're set by the defendant,
That the fumes and odors entered
the house of the plaintiff, permeated
every crack and crevice thereof,
soaked into all clothing therein, in
cluding the wearing apparel of the
plaintiff and his wife and their four
children. That the plaintiff and his
wife and children became i'll from
the fumes. odors and flies, took Sc
we're headaches, vomited and became
unable to do anything; that for four
days the plaintiff, together with his
family, were compelled to abandon
their home, and go away for more
than a mile distant, into the woods,
to avoid the fumes, odors and flies;
that at night the plaintiff and his
wife were compelled to make fires
and burn rags to make a smoke to
drive the scent from their house so
that their sick children might sleep
little.
The plaintiff also says that before
his sickness, caused by the noxious
fumes, sitting odors and green and
pestilent flies, which came from the
cars. ,he was an able-bodied man in
good health and was earning the
sum of $40 per day. mining coal in the
mine Immediately by the mine switch
upon which the cars were set by the
defendant: that on account of their
sickness he was unable to work. and
his wife was unable to perform her
usual duties in her housekeeping and
caring for their children, and he was
deprived of the services of his wife
for a period of about ten days; that
on account of the sickness OF the
children the plaintiff was deprived OF
their services and was compelled to
spend all of his time both day and
night during four days and nights at
tending to them. and was deprived of
their society and enjoyment, and of
the society and enjoyment of his
wife. and was compelled to spend
much of the time for several days
and nights thereafter attending to
his sick wife and children; all to his
great damage in the sum of $1,000
We'll. that is some news to me-
remarked an undertaken OF this city
who did much toward preparing the
bodies of the victims for the last
sad rites. and he further added that