Carder, D. abt 1870 - 1898

CARDER

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 11/4/2011 at 15:25:46

From the Alton Democrat of Sep 10, 1898

A most horrible tragedy occurred in the C. & N.-W. yards at this place, between the hours of four and five o'clock Wednesday morning. While
one of the freight crews of a special going west, were switching, D. Carder, a brakeman, was run over and killed. The last seen of him before
the accident was when he signaled to the fireman to back up and went between the cars to make a coupling.
A fellow brakeman of the same crew noticed the light was gone and went in search of Carder. He was found alongside of the track with his head
and shoulders almost severed from the rest of his body, the cars having passed over his stomach and abdomen. He was in an unconscious
condition when found, and the awful agony and excruciating pains which he must have suffered will never be known to mortal man. In his hand
he grasped his lantern but the light had gone out, and the light of his life was also fast ebbing. As near as can be learned the accident happened at 4:44 o'clock. He was at once removed to the depot and at 5 :15 life was extinct.
The remains were sent to Eagle Grove for burial. The deceased was a single man twenty-eight years of age, and lived at Eagle Grove where his parents and other members of the family resided.
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Further information learned about D. Carder found in the Alton Democrat of Dec 10, 1898

C. E. Carder and son of Emerson, Nebr., relatives of D . Carder, the C. & N. W. brakeman, who was killed in the yards here last September, were in the city, from last Friday until Monday. They had previously made an appointment with Claim Agent Keyes, of the C. & N. W. railroad, who met them here, and in lew of the sad accident which resulted in the death of D . Carder, Mr. Keyes tendered the family $1,000 as an adjustment of their claim against the company. In addition thereto, the company also furnishes employment for a younger brother and the father of Carder, in the engine house at Eagle Grove.