Charles Francis TewellObituary from The Referendum, Shoals, IN, Sept. 10, 1896 Our Loogootee correspondent tells of a sad accident in that place, which resulted in the death of Chas. Tewell. The same old story - killed by the fast mail. Loogootee - Several were called to witness the sad death of Charlie Tewell Monday. He was returning (to work) from his dinner and started to cross the track when he was stuck by the east bound passenger train and hurled into eternity. He was dead before anyone reached him, and some were within a few feet. An inquest was held and it was found that his neck and back were broken. He leaves a wife and five children, the oldest of which is a boy sixteen years old. His hand was mashed by the cars (railroad) some two years ago and since that time he has not been able to do much. We never know how soon we will be called away from this earth. He little thought when he ate his dinner with his family that in a half hour he would be brought home a corpse, and yet it might have been you or I. Contact: James R. Tewell
Charles Francis TewellObituary from The Referendum, Shoals, IN, Sept. 10, 1896 Our Loogootee correspondent tells of a sad accident in that place, which resulted in the death of Chas. Tewell. The same old story - killed by the fast mail. Loogootee - Several were called to witness the sad death of Charlie Tewell Monday. He was returning (to work) from his dinner and started to cross the track when he was stuck by the east bound passenger train and hurled into eternity. He was dead before anyone reached him, and some were within a few feet. An inquest was held and it was found that his neck and back were broken. He leaves a wife and five children, the oldest of which is a boy sixteen years old. His hand was mashed by the cars (railroad) some two years ago and since that time he has not been able to do much. We never know how soon we will be called away from this earth. He little thought when he ate his dinner with his family that in a half hour he would be brought home a corpse, and yet it might have been you or I. Contact: James R. Tewell
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