Duckworth, Arthur

DUCKWORTH

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 12/11/2011 at 17:05:29

Duckworth, Arthur
Coroner Roy A. Hilliard was called to the depot Tuesday evening when the fast freight, extra number 5351 came through, to investigate the death of Arthur Duckworth, fireman on the train, which occurred east of Nodaway near mile post 421, Tuesday, November 24, about 8:15 p. m. according to the Adams County Free Press.

The body was brought to the Hitlard funeral home and after an investigation Coroner Hitlard pronounced a verdict of “death, due to natural causes" and decided that no inquest was necessary. Tuesday the body was taken to Creston, the home of the deceased.

Mr. Duckworth was reported to have been in his usual health and did not complain of feeling badly until after leaving Red Oak when he told the engineer, Adam Kiesling of Creston that he was not feeling well, and that he felt cold. After passing through Nodaway the engineer told Duckworth to take the throttle while he took his place as firemen until they reached Creston. The head brakeman, J, O. Russell, sat with Mr. Duckworth in the cab. About three miles out of Nodaway Duckworth collapsed, his head falling outside the cab window. Russell called to Keisling to help get the sick man out of the seat, believing he had only fainted.

The body was laid on the floor of the engine cab and every effort, made to revive the man but to no avail, and it was soon found that the man was
dead. Keisling again took his place at the throttle and brought the train into Corning where a doctor and the coroner were called.

Mr. Duckworth was forty-five years old and leaves a wife and four children,the eldest being seventeen years old. He was on his regular run between Creston and Council Bluffs.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday December 3, 1931