BRAKEMAN KILLED - ANDREW SMITH
FEB 1, 1909 - PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS - PAGE 3
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
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ANDREW SMITH FELL UNDER WHEELS OF PASSENGER TRAIN AT EARLE AND IS FATALLY CRUSHED .
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ANDREW SMITH , A BRAKEMAN ON THE IRON MOUNTAIN WITH DIVISION QUARTERS AT WYNNE, WAS ALMOST INSTANTLY KILLED IN AN AWFUL ACCIDENT AT EARLE, ARK. LAST WEEK. AT THAT POINT A FREIGHT TRAIN WAS GOING IN UPON A SIDING , IN ORDER TO LET A PASSENGER TRAIN OUT , OF TOWN. SMITH MOUNTED THE PASSENGER ENGINE TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENGINEER AND IN ATTEMPTING TO JUMP FROM THE ENGINE, SLIPPED AND FELL BENEATH THE WHEELS OF THE TENDER. THE ENTIRE TRAIN OF SEVEN COACHES PASSED OVER HIS BODY , GRINDING BOTH LEGS FROM HIS BODY ABOVE THE KNEES. HE RAISED UP , SAW HIS AWFUL CONDITION AND DROPPED BACK, DEAD , SUPPOSEDLY FROM THE SHOCK.
SMITH WAS A HALF-BROTHER OF CHARLEY BARNETT , A RAILROAD TELEGRAPH LINEMAN WHO IS WELL KNOWN IN PARAGOULD. THE REMAINS WERE TAKEN TO THE FAMILY HOME AT ROSEWOOD, NEAR SEARCY FOR INTERMENT.
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