“June Hitt, a Burlington brakeman and son of Mrs. Cora Hitt of this city, fell under a moving freight train in the St Joseph yards Tuesday morning and sustained injuries which proved fatal at 11 o’clock.
Mr. Hitt was extra freight conductor but left Brookfield Monday night as brakeman on No. 71, which reached St Joseph about six o’clock. According to telegraph messages sent by his brother, Hous Hitt, telegrapher in the Rock Island offices, the unfortunate brakeman lost his balance while his train was coming into the yards. The rear brakeman is said to have put on the air and suddenly stopped the train while Mr. Hitt was near the front. He fell underneath the cars and the wheels severed his left arm. He sustained internal bruises which caused death.
The accident occurred about 6:30. Hopes were entertained for Mr. Hitt’s life but a short time. Preparations were made to bring him to Chillicothe on Burlington passenger No. 4, but he sank steadily and the doctors knew removal would mean certain death. He was taken to the Sister’s Hospital and breathed his last there with his brother and Harry Reed, Rock Island trainmaster, at his side.
Harry Hitt, a brother to Jun, left at 12:35 Tuesday afternoon for St Joseph. The body will be brought to this city tonight on the Chicago mail train, which arrives at 9:23. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
June Hitt would have been twenty-nine years old next month. He was born on the Hitt farm near Mooresville but was reared in Chillicothe and Carrollton, accompanying his parents to both places. He had been in the employ of the Burlington for about seven years. During that time he made his headquarters in St Joseph and Brookfield. He was here on a visit to his mother last week.
He was a popular railroad man and was held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. He leaves his mother, the widow of the late Col. J. E. Hitt; three sisters, Mrs. C. T. McHugh of Bloomington, Ind., Miss Florence and Cora Hitt of this city; two brothers, Houston of St Joseph and Harry of Mooresville.
Ed Hitt, an older son of Mrs. Hitt, was killed by a Burlington train at Mooresville about ten years ago. The train under which he met his death while attempting to board it in motion, was pulled by No. 71, the same engine on the freight under which June was killed.” The Chillicothe Constitution, May 23, 1905
Mr. Hitt was extra freight conductor but left Brookfield Monday night as brakeman on No. 71, which reached St Joseph about six o’clock. According to telegraph messages sent by his brother, Hous Hitt, telegrapher in the Rock Island offices, the unfortunate brakeman lost his balance while his train was coming into the yards. The rear brakeman is said to have put on the air and suddenly stopped the train while Mr. Hitt was near the front. He fell underneath the cars and the wheels severed his left arm. He sustained internal bruises which caused death.
The accident occurred about 6:30. Hopes were entertained for Mr. Hitt’s life but a short time. Preparations were made to bring him to Chillicothe on Burlington passenger No. 4, but he sank steadily and the doctors knew removal would mean certain death. He was taken to the Sister’s Hospital and breathed his last there with his brother and Harry Reed, Rock Island trainmaster, at his side.
Harry Hitt, a brother to Jun, left at 12:35 Tuesday afternoon for St Joseph. The body will be brought to this city tonight on the Chicago mail train, which arrives at 9:23. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
June Hitt would have been twenty-nine years old next month. He was born on the Hitt farm near Mooresville but was reared in Chillicothe and Carrollton, accompanying his parents to both places. He had been in the employ of the Burlington for about seven years. During that time he made his headquarters in St Joseph and Brookfield. He was here on a visit to his mother last week.
He was a popular railroad man and was held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. He leaves his mother, the widow of the late Col. J. E. Hitt; three sisters, Mrs. C. T. McHugh of Bloomington, Ind., Miss Florence and Cora Hitt of this city; two brothers, Houston of St Joseph and Harry of Mooresville.
Ed Hitt, an older son of Mrs. Hitt, was killed by a Burlington train at Mooresville about ten years ago. The train under which he met his death while attempting to board it in motion, was pulled by No. 71, the same engine on the freight under which June was killed.” The Chillicothe Constitution, May 23, 1905
“June Hitt, a Burlington brakeman and son of Mrs. Cora Hitt of this city, fell under a moving freight train in the St Joseph yards Tuesday morning and sustained injuries which proved fatal at 11 o’clock.
Mr. Hitt was extra freight conductor but left Brookfield Monday night as brakeman on No. 71, which reached St Joseph about six o’clock. According to telegraph messages sent by his brother, Hous Hitt, telegrapher in the Rock Island offices, the unfortunate brakeman lost his balance while his train was coming into the yards. The rear brakeman is said to have put on the air and suddenly stopped the train while Mr. Hitt was near the front. He fell underneath the cars and the wheels severed his left arm. He sustained internal bruises which caused death.
The accident occurred about 6:30. Hopes were entertained for Mr. Hitt’s life but a short time. Preparations were made to bring him to Chillicothe on Burlington passenger No. 4, but he sank steadily and the doctors knew removal would mean certain death. He was taken to the Sister’s Hospital and breathed his last there with his brother and Harry Reed, Rock Island trainmaster, at his side.
Harry Hitt, a brother to Jun, left at 12:35 Tuesday afternoon for St Joseph. The body will be brought to this city tonight on the Chicago mail train, which arrives at 9:23. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
June Hitt would have been twenty-nine years old next month. He was born on the Hitt farm near Mooresville but was reared in Chillicothe and Carrollton, accompanying his parents to both places. He had been in the employ of the Burlington for about seven years. During that time he made his headquarters in St Joseph and Brookfield. He was here on a visit to his mother last week.
He was a popular railroad man and was held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. He leaves his mother, the widow of the late Col. J. E. Hitt; three sisters, Mrs. C. T. McHugh of Bloomington, Ind., Miss Florence and Cora Hitt of this city; two brothers, Houston of St Joseph and Harry of Mooresville.
Ed Hitt, an older son of Mrs. Hitt, was killed by a Burlington train at Mooresville about ten years ago. The train under which he met his death while attempting to board it in motion, was pulled by No. 71, the same engine on the freight under which June was killed.” The Chillicothe Constitution, May 23, 1905
Mr. Hitt was extra freight conductor but left Brookfield Monday night as brakeman on No. 71, which reached St Joseph about six o’clock. According to telegraph messages sent by his brother, Hous Hitt, telegrapher in the Rock Island offices, the unfortunate brakeman lost his balance while his train was coming into the yards. The rear brakeman is said to have put on the air and suddenly stopped the train while Mr. Hitt was near the front. He fell underneath the cars and the wheels severed his left arm. He sustained internal bruises which caused death.
The accident occurred about 6:30. Hopes were entertained for Mr. Hitt’s life but a short time. Preparations were made to bring him to Chillicothe on Burlington passenger No. 4, but he sank steadily and the doctors knew removal would mean certain death. He was taken to the Sister’s Hospital and breathed his last there with his brother and Harry Reed, Rock Island trainmaster, at his side.
Harry Hitt, a brother to Jun, left at 12:35 Tuesday afternoon for St Joseph. The body will be brought to this city tonight on the Chicago mail train, which arrives at 9:23. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
June Hitt would have been twenty-nine years old next month. He was born on the Hitt farm near Mooresville but was reared in Chillicothe and Carrollton, accompanying his parents to both places. He had been in the employ of the Burlington for about seven years. During that time he made his headquarters in St Joseph and Brookfield. He was here on a visit to his mother last week.
He was a popular railroad man and was held in high esteem by all his acquaintances. He leaves his mother, the widow of the late Col. J. E. Hitt; three sisters, Mrs. C. T. McHugh of Bloomington, Ind., Miss Florence and Cora Hitt of this city; two brothers, Houston of St Joseph and Harry of Mooresville.
Ed Hitt, an older son of Mrs. Hitt, was killed by a Burlington train at Mooresville about ten years ago. The train under which he met his death while attempting to board it in motion, was pulled by No. 71, the same engine on the freight under which June was killed.” The Chillicothe Constitution, May 23, 1905
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