Gregg, John – d. 1883

GREGG

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:34

Colfax Clipper – John Gregg, a night watchman on the C.R.I. & P. was so badly injured by being struck by the engine attached to No. 1, on Wednesday night of last week, that he died a few hours later. The accident occurred on the large curve one and a half miles east of Colfax. It appears from the evidence before the coroner’s jury that the train was two hours late – that deceased was asleep with his head lying on or near the rail, - that the noise of the train aroused him, and he raised up so as to be struck on the head by the passing train.
He leaves a wife and two children in very destitute circumstances.
The Newton Journal; Wednesday, June 6, 1883