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Death rate on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg flyer, going south early this Friday morning, for it crushed the lives out of two well known young men at the Creigsville station. As Profes sor Mechling, of Worthington, was on his way along the track to a pump sta tion he found a man’s cap and looking around discovered, two bodies. One ly ing between the tracks and the other some 150 feet away. The latter had been dragged and was frightfully mangled. They were identified as those of Lee Saddler, of Cowanaville, son of the late Henry Saddler and Joseph Pair, son of Augustus Fair, a track walker on the B, R, and P. railroad, Funeral Director Walker of Worthing ton, was notified and removed the bodies to his morgue. Subsequently it was learned that the young men had come to Craigs ville on an early evening train and walking over to Craigsville, procured rigs 4n a livery barn. Then they took the Misses Eva Dell Henn and Adaline Barly. to a dance Later that met the young people returned, the young ladies were left at their respective homes, the rigs were taken to the barn and the young men walked over to the Craigsville station, presumably for the purpose of catching a freight train and riding home. They evidently sat down on the tracks and fell asleep and when the flyer came along, running very fast, it found and crushed them. The body of Saddler was cut and torn almost in to a shapeless mass of humanity. This young man was an orphan, both pa rents being dead, and he usually made his home with his only sister, Mrs. Jose John, of Templeton, who, with three brothers survive him. Joe Fair is survived by his parents, brothers and sisters and lived at home, near Adrian or Montgomeryville. The young men who were aged about 23 years, were chums. They worked for the Hy draulic Press Brick Co. at Cowan sta tion and while working together shanti ed there. The dance was at Cowan and they and the young ladies attended it. After leaving the young ladies at the homes they walked over to the Craigeville station, arriving there at 15 this morning. They inquired of Operator Weaver, who was on duty, if any freights were going their way. He told them one had just gone and the next would be due between six and seven o'clock. Young Fair remarked, “we can be home by that lme,” and both started up the track and evident ly going only a short distance when they sat or laid down and fell asleep for two hours later, the southbound fiver, due at 5:09 came long and keiled them. After six o’clock Pro fessor Mechline on his way to the water pump, was sent by Operator Weaver to wate at an approachive freight train and then came back and reported finding the body of a men. The operator had orders for this train and when the conductor was coming to the station he found the other body Fair had been knocked to one side of the track and was not marked much but had evidently been instantly kill ed. The body of Saddler was horribly mangled. Coroner Stone was notified and gave instructions to turn the bod ies over to Funeral Director Walker which was done.
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Kittanning Simpsons Daily Leader
Kittanning, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 08, 1916
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