Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-08

feet from the crossing and then sud
denly plunged forward. The trair
struck the car In the middle and pickeC
it up on the cowcatcher. 1t was car
ried 660 feet from the center of tbs
crossing to where the train stopped
and it was rolled frem the front of the
engine, where it. along with all the
bodies, had been from the time the
train struck the car until the train
could stop. The cowcatcher of the
train was torn to pieces and ripped
loose from the engine. The auto was
torn to pieces and completely wrecked.
1t was Maxwell car and carried the
license number 29.207. The railroad
ties were torn and split on the ends.
where the auto had struck, for some
forty steps from the crossing. The
head of one of the victims, Mrs. Ida
Vahhoy. bumped against the ties until
the skull was burst and the brains
scattered along the track for some dis
tance.
1t is thought probable that in a hasty
effort to put his foot en- the emergency
brake, Mr.. Hychew made mistake
and pressed the gasoline feed lever,
which made the car plunge forward
jus. in time to be hit sQuarely in the
middle by the train. which was running
about 80 miles an hour.
The crossing is one of the worst that
can be imagined as there is cut and
curve on both sides, which prevents
persons from seeing moving trains un-
til they are close to the crossing.
Phillip Vanhoy did not know that his
wife had gene IN the car and was as
slsting to carry the bodies Of the dead
to the Dayton home when he was told
of his wife being among the dead.
Mrs. Vanhoy is the daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. James Dayton. Pomona.
Several persons looked at the remains
and were unable to identify her until
Miss Lavenia Miller recognized her.
Mrs. Dayton was then called, she being
IN town at the time, and she readily
her daughter.
Jake Hychew was engaged IN busl
less IN Monterey and was man of
means. He had never I
,een married land was man of about
IS years. The body was taken to the
tore of Bilbrey Il Philips, where it
vas placed in a metallic casker and |
orwa arded to lockwood Sunday for
and burial. He has no rel
tives in this state except three neph-
ws and one neIce, children of the sis
er who died at lockwood last week.
lie has two brothers in the west.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah Hedge
9th were taken to Dorton and buried
t 2 80 p. m. IN the Hedgecoth grave
ard. The funeral services were con-
ucted by Rev. Robt. Hall, assisted by
.ev. Odell. Mrs. Hedgecoth leaves a
usband and five boys, one in the army !
nd four at home. The boy in the
rmy had sent his mother some money
} buy dress. She had bought tie
oods for the dress and had the bundle {
, her arms when the accident happen. ,
i. Friends made her burial snroud
'om the goods she had bought for the {
ress.
The remains OF Miss Rose Cox were {
,ried at Pomona Sunday, the services p
sing conducted by J. L. Burnett, of {
rossville. {
Three of the bodies OF the dead were
.rrled from the depot to the Dayton +
,me. They were Misses Anna Mabel q
ayton and Rose Cox, and Mrs. Sarah ,
edgecoth. &
The remains of Miss Anna Mabel /
ayton and Mrs. Ida Vanhoy were in 9
FRED in the city cemetery Sunday af-
rnoon. The funeral services were i
I'D in the Baptist church. Judge C.
Snodgrass conducted the ceremonies f
sisted by Revs. jackson. Martin and t
ewton. There was such q large at
ndance that the house could scarcely a
Id the people. t
From the moment the accident be- o
me known until the last sad rites i
IRE performed the people of Cross v
lie and all other extended ready and Il
ling aid IN every way possible. It o
IS very noticeable at the depot that 81
many pressed forward in an effort Il
see and assist that those who were n
ing the dead and injured were much 5
mpered in their work. Every act v