Funeral Notice appears in the St. Joseph Gazette, 6 December 1905 and news article from St. Joseph Gazette, Monday, 4 December 1905 from the St. Joseph Public Library, 927 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
Funeral Notice appears in the St. Joseph Gazette, 6 December 1905 and news article from St. Joseph Gazette, Monday, 4 December 1905 from the St. Joseph Public Library, 927 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
TRAINMAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH AT UNION DEPOT
Head is Crushed between Pullman Cars of Burlington Train
Crushed between the bumpers of a Pullman diner and a sleeper, a few feet north of the Union Station train sheds, James Bilby, a switchman employed by the Burlington, was instantly killed about 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Bilby’s head and features were mangled beyond recognition.
Bilby was a member of a switching crew in charge of C. W. Mitchell Burlington Train No. 26 was being made up on the sixth track. The Pullman sleeper and diner were being shifted, Bielby and Peter Ingram, a brother switchman, connected the air.
Ingram stepped from between the cars, and believed that Bilby had done likewise. A few seconds later he discovered Bielby lying between the tracks of the two cars.
Death Instantaneous
Members of the crew lifted him from beneath the cars. Life was extinct, his head being crushed. Coroner Bansbach was notified and the body was removed to Heaton’s Morgue.
The theory advanced by Switchman Mitchell relative to the accident is that Bilby was caught by the slack. Both diner and sleeper are closed vestibule cars. It is believed that Bilby discerned something wrong with the air connections and attempted to remedy the defect. In this manner he would have been forced to stoop forward. The slack from cars above, it is supposed, caught his head between the vestibule bumpers. There were no witnesses to the accident. No cry was heard from Bielby, and the coroner is confident that death resulted instantly.
Had Rapid Rise
From a news “butcher” aboard a Grand Island train to a trusted conductor in the service is a story of Bilby’s rapid rise in the service of the Grand Island road. Twenty-five years ago he carried a line of periodicals, fruits and candies on out and in bound Grand Island passenger trains. A few years later he was placed on the news stand in the old Union Station building.
Colonel Jo Hansen, superintendent of the Union State, was at that time connected with the Grand Island system. Bilby was then about 18 years old and his industrious disposition attracted the attention of Colonel Hansen.
In 1885 he offered the youth a position with the Grand Island. Bilby readily accepted and was a brakeman on freight and passenger trains for several years.
Run with Kane
Foreman Joseph Kane, of the central fire station, was at that time running an engine on the Grand Island. He and Bilby were close friends.
Later Bilby was made conductor and given a run on a night train from St. Joseph to Grand Island. When this branch of the passenger service was abandoned, he was transferred to the western division of the road, and ran a mixed train from Hanover to Grand Island, until 1904. Less than two years ago he entered the employ of the Union Depot company. Two months ago he resigned his position to take a place as a switchman with the Burlington, with the idea of being at home with his family.
During his twenty-five years of railroad service Bilby had never before met with an accident of a serious nature. He was known to almost every old timer in the middle west.
Bilby Well Known
Among Railroad men he was known as a quiet unassuming man, and had hundreds of friends in the service. He was 36 years old and was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is survived by his wife, mother-in-law, Mrs. Louisa Pribal; and four small children, Helen, age 10, Harry age 9; Albertus, age 7 and Clara age 5 years.
For several years past the family has resided at 911 South Sixteenth Street. A father, mother and two brothers living in Chicago have been notified of his death.
Bilby was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and Knights and Ladies of Security. Until recently he was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
The burial arrangement have not been announced.
Contributor: Mary Achterhof (49442228)
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Funeral Notice appears in the St. Joseph Gazette, 6 December 1905 and news article from St. Joseph Gazette, Monday, 4 December 1905 from the St. Joseph Public Library, 927 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
TRAINMAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH AT UNION DEPOT
Head is Crushed between Pullman Cars of Burlington Train
Crushed between the bumpers of a Pullman diner and a sleeper, a few feet north of the Union Station train sheds, James Bilby, a switchman employed by the Burlington, was instantly killed about 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Bilby’s head and features were mangled beyond recognition.
Bilby was a member of a switching crew in charge of C. W. Mitchell Burlington Train No. 26 was being made up on the sixth track. The Pullman sleeper and diner were being shifted, Bielby and Peter Ingram, a brother switchman, connected the air.
Ingram stepped from between the cars, and believed that Bilby had done likewise. A few seconds later he discovered Bielby lying between the tracks of the two cars.
Death Instantaneous
Members of the crew lifted him from beneath the cars. Life was extinct, his head being crushed. Coroner Bansbach was notified and the body was removed to Heaton’s Morgue.
The theory advanced by Switchman Mitchell relative to the accident is that Bilby was caught by the slack. Both diner and sleeper are closed vestibule cars. It is believed that Bilby discerned something wrong with the air connections and attempted to remedy the defect. In this manner he would have been forced to stoop forward. The slack from cars above, it is supposed, caught his head between the vestibule bumpers. There were no witnesses to the accident. No cry was heard from Bielby, and the coroner is confident that death resulted instantly.
Had Rapid Rise
From a news “butcher” aboard a Grand Island train to a trusted conductor in the service is a story of Bilby’s rapid rise in the service of the Grand Island road. Twenty-five years ago he carried a line of periodicals, fruits and candies on out and in bound Grand Island passenger trains. A few years later he was placed on the news stand in the old Union Station building.
Colonel Jo Hansen, superintendent of the Union State, was at that time connected with the Grand Island system. Bilby was then about 18 years old and his industrious disposition attracted the attention of Colonel Hansen.
In 1885 he offered the youth a position with the Grand Island. Bilby readily accepted and was a brakeman on freight and passenger trains for several years.
Run with Kane
Foreman Joseph Kane, of the central fire station, was at that time running an engine on the Grand Island. He and Bilby were close friends.
Later Bilby was made conductor and given a run on a night train from St. Joseph to Grand Island. When this branch of the passenger service was abandoned, he was transferred to the western division of the road, and ran a mixed train from Hanover to Grand Island, until 1904. Less than two years ago he entered the employ of the Union Depot company. Two months ago he resigned his position to take a place as a switchman with the Burlington, with the idea of being at home with his family.
During his twenty-five years of railroad service Bilby had never before met with an accident of a serious nature. He was known to almost every old timer in the middle west.
Bilby Well Known
Among Railroad men he was known as a quiet unassuming man, and had hundreds of friends in the service. He was 36 years old and was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is survived by his wife, mother-in-law, Mrs. Louisa Pribal; and four small children, Helen, age 10, Harry age 9; Albertus, age 7 and Clara age 5 years.
For several years past the family has resided at 911 South Sixteenth Street. A father, mother and two brothers living in Chicago have been notified of his death.
Bilby was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and Knights and Ladies of Security. Until recently he was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
The burial arrangement have not been announced.
Contributor: Mary Achterhof (49442228)
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Funeral Notice appears in the St. Joseph Gazette, 6 December 1905 and news article from St. Joseph Gazette, Monday, 4 December 1905 from the St. Joseph Public Library, 927 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
Funeral Notice appears in the St. Joseph Gazette, 6 December 1905 and news article from St. Joseph Gazette, Monday, 4 December 1905 from the St. Joseph Public Library, 927 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
TRAINMAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH AT UNION DEPOT
Head is Crushed between Pullman Cars of Burlington Train
Crushed between the bumpers of a Pullman diner and a sleeper, a few feet north of the Union Station train sheds, James Bilby, a switchman employed by the Burlington, was instantly killed about 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Bilby’s head and features were mangled beyond recognition.
Bilby was a member of a switching crew in charge of C. W. Mitchell Burlington Train No. 26 was being made up on the sixth track. The Pullman sleeper and diner were being shifted, Bielby and Peter Ingram, a brother switchman, connected the air.
Ingram stepped from between the cars, and believed that Bilby had done likewise. A few seconds later he discovered Bielby lying between the tracks of the two cars.
Death Instantaneous
Members of the crew lifted him from beneath the cars. Life was extinct, his head being crushed. Coroner Bansbach was notified and the body was removed to Heaton’s Morgue.
The theory advanced by Switchman Mitchell relative to the accident is that Bilby was caught by the slack. Both diner and sleeper are closed vestibule cars. It is believed that Bilby discerned something wrong with the air connections and attempted to remedy the defect. In this manner he would have been forced to stoop forward. The slack from cars above, it is supposed, caught his head between the vestibule bumpers. There were no witnesses to the accident. No cry was heard from Bielby, and the coroner is confident that death resulted instantly.
Had Rapid Rise
From a news “butcher” aboard a Grand Island train to a trusted conductor in the service is a story of Bilby’s rapid rise in the service of the Grand Island road. Twenty-five years ago he carried a line of periodicals, fruits and candies on out and in bound Grand Island passenger trains. A few years later he was placed on the news stand in the old Union Station building.
Colonel Jo Hansen, superintendent of the Union State, was at that time connected with the Grand Island system. Bilby was then about 18 years old and his industrious disposition attracted the attention of Colonel Hansen.
In 1885 he offered the youth a position with the Grand Island. Bilby readily accepted and was a brakeman on freight and passenger trains for several years.
Run with Kane
Foreman Joseph Kane, of the central fire station, was at that time running an engine on the Grand Island. He and Bilby were close friends.
Later Bilby was made conductor and given a run on a night train from St. Joseph to Grand Island. When this branch of the passenger service was abandoned, he was transferred to the western division of the road, and ran a mixed train from Hanover to Grand Island, until 1904. Less than two years ago he entered the employ of the Union Depot company. Two months ago he resigned his position to take a place as a switchman with the Burlington, with the idea of being at home with his family.
During his twenty-five years of railroad service Bilby had never before met with an accident of a serious nature. He was known to almost every old timer in the middle west.
Bilby Well Known
Among Railroad men he was known as a quiet unassuming man, and had hundreds of friends in the service. He was 36 years old and was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is survived by his wife, mother-in-law, Mrs. Louisa Pribal; and four small children, Helen, age 10, Harry age 9; Albertus, age 7 and Clara age 5 years.
For several years past the family has resided at 911 South Sixteenth Street. A father, mother and two brothers living in Chicago have been notified of his death.
Bilby was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and Knights and Ladies of Security. Until recently he was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
The burial arrangement have not been announced.
Contributor: Mary Achterhof (49442228)
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Funeral Notice appears in the St. Joseph Gazette, 6 December 1905 and news article from St. Joseph Gazette, Monday, 4 December 1905 from the St. Joseph Public Library, 927 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri 64501
TRAINMAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH AT UNION DEPOT
Head is Crushed between Pullman Cars of Burlington Train
Crushed between the bumpers of a Pullman diner and a sleeper, a few feet north of the Union Station train sheds, James Bilby, a switchman employed by the Burlington, was instantly killed about 2:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Bilby’s head and features were mangled beyond recognition.
Bilby was a member of a switching crew in charge of C. W. Mitchell Burlington Train No. 26 was being made up on the sixth track. The Pullman sleeper and diner were being shifted, Bielby and Peter Ingram, a brother switchman, connected the air.
Ingram stepped from between the cars, and believed that Bilby had done likewise. A few seconds later he discovered Bielby lying between the tracks of the two cars.
Death Instantaneous
Members of the crew lifted him from beneath the cars. Life was extinct, his head being crushed. Coroner Bansbach was notified and the body was removed to Heaton’s Morgue.
The theory advanced by Switchman Mitchell relative to the accident is that Bilby was caught by the slack. Both diner and sleeper are closed vestibule cars. It is believed that Bilby discerned something wrong with the air connections and attempted to remedy the defect. In this manner he would have been forced to stoop forward. The slack from cars above, it is supposed, caught his head between the vestibule bumpers. There were no witnesses to the accident. No cry was heard from Bielby, and the coroner is confident that death resulted instantly.
Had Rapid Rise
From a news “butcher” aboard a Grand Island train to a trusted conductor in the service is a story of Bilby’s rapid rise in the service of the Grand Island road. Twenty-five years ago he carried a line of periodicals, fruits and candies on out and in bound Grand Island passenger trains. A few years later he was placed on the news stand in the old Union Station building.
Colonel Jo Hansen, superintendent of the Union State, was at that time connected with the Grand Island system. Bilby was then about 18 years old and his industrious disposition attracted the attention of Colonel Hansen.
In 1885 he offered the youth a position with the Grand Island. Bilby readily accepted and was a brakeman on freight and passenger trains for several years.
Run with Kane
Foreman Joseph Kane, of the central fire station, was at that time running an engine on the Grand Island. He and Bilby were close friends.
Later Bilby was made conductor and given a run on a night train from St. Joseph to Grand Island. When this branch of the passenger service was abandoned, he was transferred to the western division of the road, and ran a mixed train from Hanover to Grand Island, until 1904. Less than two years ago he entered the employ of the Union Depot company. Two months ago he resigned his position to take a place as a switchman with the Burlington, with the idea of being at home with his family.
During his twenty-five years of railroad service Bilby had never before met with an accident of a serious nature. He was known to almost every old timer in the middle west.
Bilby Well Known
Among Railroad men he was known as a quiet unassuming man, and had hundreds of friends in the service. He was 36 years old and was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is survived by his wife, mother-in-law, Mrs. Louisa Pribal; and four small children, Helen, age 10, Harry age 9; Albertus, age 7 and Clara age 5 years.
For several years past the family has resided at 911 South Sixteenth Street. A father, mother and two brothers living in Chicago have been notified of his death.
Bilby was a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and Knights and Ladies of Security. Until recently he was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias.
The burial arrangement have not been announced.
Contributor: Mary Achterhof (49442228)
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