The Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia, 11 May 1917
Floyd E. Shipe of Manassas, and H. F. Proctor of Fayetteville, N. C., Western Union telegraph lineman, were killed by a local freight about 8 o’clock Monday morning on the Southern Railway, near Clifton. Mr. Proctor was killed instantly and Mr. Shipe lived for an hour after being removed to Manassas on the 8:30 train.
It is said that with other workmen they were going north on the northbound track and left it to get out of the way of an approaching train. They had stepped to the southbound track when Mr. Proctor saw another train coming toward them around a curve just ahead. He was quick to see their danger, pushed two of the men from the path of the train and in trying to save the life of the third, Mr. [Proctor] gave up his own.
Mr. Proctor was only nineteen years old and had held the position of assistant foreman. His body was shipped to North Carolina for burial.
Floyd E. Shipe of Manassas, and H. F. Proctor of Fayetteville, N. C., Western Union telegraph lineman, were killed by a local freight about 8 o’clock Monday morning on the Southern Railway, near Clifton. Mr. Proctor was killed instantly and Mr. Shipe lived for an hour after being removed to Manassas on the 8:30 train.
It is said that with other workmen they were going north on the northbound track and left it to get out of the way of an approaching train. They had stepped to the southbound track when Mr. Proctor saw another train coming toward them around a curve just ahead. He was quick to see their danger, pushed two of the men from the path of the train and in trying to save the life of the third, Mr. [Proctor] gave up his own.
Mr. Proctor was only nineteen years old and had held the position of assistant foreman. His body was shipped to North Carolina for burial.
The Manassas Journal, Manassas, Virginia, 11 May 1917
Floyd E. Shipe of Manassas, and H. F. Proctor of Fayetteville, N. C., Western Union telegraph lineman, were killed by a local freight about 8 o’clock Monday morning on the Southern Railway, near Clifton. Mr. Proctor was killed instantly and Mr. Shipe lived for an hour after being removed to Manassas on the 8:30 train.
It is said that with other workmen they were going north on the northbound track and left it to get out of the way of an approaching train. They had stepped to the southbound track when Mr. Proctor saw another train coming toward them around a curve just ahead. He was quick to see their danger, pushed two of the men from the path of the train and in trying to save the life of the third, Mr. [Proctor] gave up his own.
Mr. Proctor was only nineteen years old and had held the position of assistant foreman. His body was shipped to North Carolina for burial.
Floyd E. Shipe of Manassas, and H. F. Proctor of Fayetteville, N. C., Western Union telegraph lineman, were killed by a local freight about 8 o’clock Monday morning on the Southern Railway, near Clifton. Mr. Proctor was killed instantly and Mr. Shipe lived for an hour after being removed to Manassas on the 8:30 train.
It is said that with other workmen they were going north on the northbound track and left it to get out of the way of an approaching train. They had stepped to the southbound track when Mr. Proctor saw another train coming toward them around a curve just ahead. He was quick to see their danger, pushed two of the men from the path of the train and in trying to save the life of the third, Mr. [Proctor] gave up his own.
Mr. Proctor was only nineteen years old and had held the position of assistant foreman. His body was shipped to North Carolina for burial.
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