Orphan Fall From Train - 1892

CHANCY

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 6/10/2017 at 21:58:08

The Clinton Daily Age, Clinton, Iowa, April 2, 1892

He Falls Between Them at the Stock Yards
and is Cut to Pieces.

Between 11 and 12 o’clock last night stock’s shipper was killed instantly at the stock yards below Chancy.

He was walking along the top of the train and fell between two cars, being cut and mangled in a terrible manner. Employees of the company did all they could for the unfortunate person but he was beyond human aid to save when found.

Who he is could not be learned more than he was from Omaha and was going to Chicago.

LATER: Men who were on the train with him say they first got acquainted with him at Lincoln, Nebraska. He fell from the top of the car, the wheels cut off his right arm, crushed his back, and one wheel was standing ion his neck. He was but 18 years of age and an orphan. He had a stepfather living in Salt Lake. It was not possible to learn his name, an inquest will be held today.