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DEATH ON THE TRACK. Morgan Her face showed g death-nr*. Nosotvortliy killed nl Jinn- llklt; Pallor’ 6ho wa® uncomciou*, ami ticli Yeiterday by a freight; though .the uttered a few words once,Train.Yesterday afternoon a fatal accident occurred at Manuels Station on the railway line, a woman being si ruck by the engine and almost immediately killed* Visitors to Manuels will rbcollcct that there is a sharp blind curve there, in consequence of a high, frowning bluff, round the Daafc of which the line is| died about I o'clock without recog-• nising any of the friends who Gathered by Her Side 1 She was a Mrs. Fannie- Noseworthy,aged 07, the wife of Edward Nose-built, somewhat overhanging themain road which runs in a valley be low, lising hnd meeting the rails at the station ijlatform.The Curve Is so Sharpthat at the utmost distance it isworthy of Long Fond, where they lived alone, their family having long since gone to the United States. She I had come from herr home, a few miles further up the shore, to sell some trout, and after disposing of them to a passenger bound to St. John’s, was procerding along to the house of a namesake this side of the station. Why she took the railway track is «n-pos-1 explicable, for the main road is#ib!e to acc any obstruction on the shorter uml passes by the door, whitetrack, ia about 350 feet, and the the railway tends spot is Justly regarded as a u nasty M —Away from the Houses.0,1C- W ?r:,ye.8tC,r,Iaytraf,tcrn0?“ a Her motive will now be never known, spccmt freight train left lotyrood for btU l|(C ■ hc , ,JCr ^1 ■ r mi a I #■ r*v nk ■ I rti1! W f ] ■ w A jfl a w mmhere. It consisted of three cars of cattle drawn by engine No. 10. David Camldw was the engineer, and John Dunn his fireman. John Bropby acted as conductor, with Geo- Mercer as brakesman. At about 2.50 this train reached Man* Station. Nearing the place, steam was shut off,As Is CustomarySome Ameri^r* gentlemen had been conversing wiUi her but a moment or [ so before she died, and were horrified at the suddenness of her takiug oft. One, a physician, made an ex* ami nation of her, and pronounceddeath inevitable- The news of the. fatality was telegraphed here from | Topsail, and when the “regular’* arrived a 11 special1’ was immediately de-when paMitife stations reducing the 8potcbclt;ll w!th Mrlt; A, s. Noble, iki/iAlt;l I it nrtiif t ah iiiilna r\n e iAiip *speed to about ten miles per hour. Qeperaj* . “ . « . v»eiierai Agent,. Dr. iwimJust as the cngiuc overran the plat- CoMtftbIc fM , of To{lBail.....form, the engineer and flreman, who #t Manlfc]3 Bl t,If,, but theRe iuu*1l, aud It ar-wcrn keeping a vigih.nl lookout WQman wng deaiK RBmU-ll madea woman walking along the track and fl u u cxaminati(,n nf thc . Camlow at once whistled to put on ______ J?__...putthe brakes. Tim woman lurried am! looked tnck at the train. Then she walked on again, seeing which the engineer blew a second lime as a sort of danger signal, and then, observing it was ineffectual, gave a third blast.It was almost without a mark. No 1 boms were broken, ami death, in his | opinion, was caused by fracture of I the base of the skull, which resulted 1 when her headStruck lire Heavy scones at thc fool of thc embaukmcnt.Thc woman turned to the right to imr „ ., . .. ,step from the track—which la raiecd ! “ana*tr Noh!o generously providedabout ten feet by an embankment— !l 0011,0 for the Interment of the re-- » m, ■ M 1 ft .1 M M * - * lt;1 «*% 1 ■ ■ Ilia I m Idown thc slope to safety, when the cowcatcher struck her and threw her to thc bottom of, the ditch, where She l*ay JJolionles*.The accident occurred about MOO feetthis side of the platform,-and Inmains. It was made by Mr. T. M. White, and wn* very handsomely finished. It was sent out this morning. All who witnessed the catastrophe unite In declaring the engineer Tree of All Blame*plain view of the passengers who H was impossible to avoid thc colliwere gathered there wailing thc nr rival of the regular through train, due here at 41 p.m. The M freight was stopped when the accident occurred, and the official* went to ihc assistance of the Injured woman. So did the many passengers, and site was tenderly taken irp aud carried to the neighboring house of Josephsion, and the unfortunate woman suffered through no fault or carelessness of the train hands. Indeed, it is wonderful that tnoie accidents do not occur, and but for the vigilance of the engineers I* would be impossible to prevent them. At night thc track along the suburbs is crowded with people, and iNiys, especially,
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Saint Johns Evening Herald
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Sat, Jul 28, 1894
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