KILLED BY THE CARS
John Adam, a Car Repairer on the Northern Pacific met With a Violent Death Last Sunday
A Passenger Coach was run Over Him While he was Repairing the Brake.
Again is it the Herald's sad duty to chronicle the violent death of a railroad employee, and a citizen of Pullman
John Adam came to Pullman from Sprague about March 1st, and since then has been employed as a car repairer in the Northern Pacific yards here.
He was at his work last Sunday repairing a brake shoe on the passenger coach which runs from Pullman over the Lewiston branch to Kendrick, Idaho. The coach was on a side track when the regular morning freight train came in. Mr. Adam was at work beneath the coach, lying with his head and arm across the rail. Two cars were dropped on the side track, and as the brakes were not set the cars ran into the coach with such force that it was run over the unfortunate man working beneath, and he was instantly killed.
When the car wheel struck Mr. Adam it did not, at once pass over him, but carried him along before it for a distance of twenty feet, when it run over and severed both arms and mashed his head in a horrible manner. The body was found a little later, by the conductor of the freight, and removed to the depot, where physicians and others were summoned, but nothing could be done; death had been instantaneous.
Mr. Adam was a native of Scotland and was about 42 years of age. He was married in Albany, Oregon, where he and his family lived before coming to Sprague and Pullman.
He was the father of two children, who, in company with Mrs. Adam, were assisting in Children's Day exercises at the Congregational church at the time of the accident.
When the messenger arrived at the church to tell the family of their terrible affliction, Lizzie, the eldest child of the deceased, was reciting -The Story I Hear;" surrounded with bright flowers, singing birds, and admiring friends the daughter was wholly unprepared for the news she received on descending the platform.
The deceased was a Christian man, a member of the Methodist church, and by conscientious application to duty had won the confidence of his employers.
The remains were taken, Monday, to Albany, Oregon, for burial, being accompanied by the family.
A coroner's jury, consisting of H. Sehlaefer, Barney Hattrup, K. A. Farr, Silas Prather, W. H. Brabyn, and N. S. Hunt, was summoned, and twelve witnesses were examined. The verdict of the jury was given in yesterday. The following is a portion thereof, the length making it impossible for all to be published :
" We find that the deceased was under a North Pacific railroad passenger coach on the side track, in the N. P. yard at Pullman; that he was repairing said coach. That, while the deceased was at work under said car by some, means unknown to us, there were two cars that started to move toward the said coach and did strike said the coach with sufficient force to cause said coach to move and to pass over the person of the said John Adam, the deceased, causing his death.
We find that his head and face were mashed and cut nearly in two; that his left hand was cut off at the wrist; that his right arm was cut off at the shoulder.
From the evidence obtained we are led to believe that said two cars were started to move by a jar received from the train backing in on said side track. We are also led to believe from the evidence obtained that the brakes on said two cars were not set up to hold said cars from moving and that any precaution that the deceased John Adam might have taken to protect himself would not have saved his life, and we firmly believe it was negligence on the part of the employer in not having said brakes set up. and that it was through said carelessness that the deceased, John Adam, came to his death."
Pullman herald. (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]), 19 June 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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Abt Age 42
Married Jessie Misner in Albany, Linn, OR Jessie is the daughter of Elizabeth Hicks Misner and Joseph Misner.
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John Adam, a Car Repairer on the Northern Pacific met With a Violent Death Last Sunday
A Passenger Coach was run Over Him While he was Repairing the Brake.
Again is it the Herald's sad duty to chronicle the violent death of a railroad employee, and a citizen of Pullman
John Adam came to Pullman from Sprague about March 1st, and since then has been employed as a car repairer in the Northern Pacific yards here.
He was at his work last Sunday repairing a brake shoe on the passenger coach which runs from Pullman over the Lewiston branch to Kendrick, Idaho. The coach was on a side track when the regular morning freight train came in. Mr. Adam was at work beneath the coach, lying with his head and arm across the rail. Two cars were dropped on the side track, and as the brakes were not set the cars ran into the coach with such force that it was run over the unfortunate man working beneath, and he was instantly killed.
When the car wheel struck Mr. Adam it did not, at once pass over him, but carried him along before it for a distance of twenty feet, when it run over and severed both arms and mashed his head in a horrible manner. The body was found a little later, by the conductor of the freight, and removed to the depot, where physicians and others were summoned, but nothing could be done; death had been instantaneous.
Mr. Adam was a native of Scotland and was about 42 years of age. He was married in Albany, Oregon, where he and his family lived before coming to Sprague and Pullman.
He was the father of two children, who, in company with Mrs. Adam, were assisting in Children's Day exercises at the Congregational church at the time of the accident.
When the messenger arrived at the church to tell the family of their terrible affliction, Lizzie, the eldest child of the deceased, was reciting -The Story I Hear;" surrounded with bright flowers, singing birds, and admiring friends the daughter was wholly unprepared for the news she received on descending the platform.
The deceased was a Christian man, a member of the Methodist church, and by conscientious application to duty had won the confidence of his employers.
The remains were taken, Monday, to Albany, Oregon, for burial, being accompanied by the family.
A coroner's jury, consisting of H. Sehlaefer, Barney Hattrup, K. A. Farr, Silas Prather, W. H. Brabyn, and N. S. Hunt, was summoned, and twelve witnesses were examined. The verdict of the jury was given in yesterday. The following is a portion thereof, the length making it impossible for all to be published :
" We find that the deceased was under a North Pacific railroad passenger coach on the side track, in the N. P. yard at Pullman; that he was repairing said coach. That, while the deceased was at work under said car by some, means unknown to us, there were two cars that started to move toward the said coach and did strike said the coach with sufficient force to cause said coach to move and to pass over the person of the said John Adam, the deceased, causing his death.
We find that his head and face were mashed and cut nearly in two; that his left hand was cut off at the wrist; that his right arm was cut off at the shoulder.
From the evidence obtained we are led to believe that said two cars were started to move by a jar received from the train backing in on said side track. We are also led to believe from the evidence obtained that the brakes on said two cars were not set up to hold said cars from moving and that any precaution that the deceased John Adam might have taken to protect himself would not have saved his life, and we firmly believe it was negligence on the part of the employer in not having said brakes set up. and that it was through said carelessness that the deceased, John Adam, came to his death."
Pullman herald. (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]), 19 June 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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Abt Age 42
Married Jessie Misner in Albany, Linn, OR Jessie is the daughter of Elizabeth Hicks Misner and Joseph Misner.
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KILLED BY THE CARS
John Adam, a Car Repairer on the Northern Pacific met With a Violent Death Last Sunday
A Passenger Coach was run Over Him While he was Repairing the Brake.
Again is it the Herald's sad duty to chronicle the violent death of a railroad employee, and a citizen of Pullman
John Adam came to Pullman from Sprague about March 1st, and since then has been employed as a car repairer in the Northern Pacific yards here.
He was at his work last Sunday repairing a brake shoe on the passenger coach which runs from Pullman over the Lewiston branch to Kendrick, Idaho. The coach was on a side track when the regular morning freight train came in. Mr. Adam was at work beneath the coach, lying with his head and arm across the rail. Two cars were dropped on the side track, and as the brakes were not set the cars ran into the coach with such force that it was run over the unfortunate man working beneath, and he was instantly killed.
When the car wheel struck Mr. Adam it did not, at once pass over him, but carried him along before it for a distance of twenty feet, when it run over and severed both arms and mashed his head in a horrible manner. The body was found a little later, by the conductor of the freight, and removed to the depot, where physicians and others were summoned, but nothing could be done; death had been instantaneous.
Mr. Adam was a native of Scotland and was about 42 years of age. He was married in Albany, Oregon, where he and his family lived before coming to Sprague and Pullman.
He was the father of two children, who, in company with Mrs. Adam, were assisting in Children's Day exercises at the Congregational church at the time of the accident.
When the messenger arrived at the church to tell the family of their terrible affliction, Lizzie, the eldest child of the deceased, was reciting -The Story I Hear;" surrounded with bright flowers, singing birds, and admiring friends the daughter was wholly unprepared for the news she received on descending the platform.
The deceased was a Christian man, a member of the Methodist church, and by conscientious application to duty had won the confidence of his employers.
The remains were taken, Monday, to Albany, Oregon, for burial, being accompanied by the family.
A coroner's jury, consisting of H. Sehlaefer, Barney Hattrup, K. A. Farr, Silas Prather, W. H. Brabyn, and N. S. Hunt, was summoned, and twelve witnesses were examined. The verdict of the jury was given in yesterday. The following is a portion thereof, the length making it impossible for all to be published :
" We find that the deceased was under a North Pacific railroad passenger coach on the side track, in the N. P. yard at Pullman; that he was repairing said coach. That, while the deceased was at work under said car by some, means unknown to us, there were two cars that started to move toward the said coach and did strike said the coach with sufficient force to cause said coach to move and to pass over the person of the said John Adam, the deceased, causing his death.
We find that his head and face were mashed and cut nearly in two; that his left hand was cut off at the wrist; that his right arm was cut off at the shoulder.
From the evidence obtained we are led to believe that said two cars were started to move by a jar received from the train backing in on said side track. We are also led to believe from the evidence obtained that the brakes on said two cars were not set up to hold said cars from moving and that any precaution that the deceased John Adam might have taken to protect himself would not have saved his life, and we firmly believe it was negligence on the part of the employer in not having said brakes set up. and that it was through said carelessness that the deceased, John Adam, came to his death."
Pullman herald. (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]), 19 June 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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Abt Age 42
Married Jessie Misner in Albany, Linn, OR Jessie is the daughter of Elizabeth Hicks Misner and Joseph Misner.
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John Adam, a Car Repairer on the Northern Pacific met With a Violent Death Last Sunday
A Passenger Coach was run Over Him While he was Repairing the Brake.
Again is it the Herald's sad duty to chronicle the violent death of a railroad employee, and a citizen of Pullman
John Adam came to Pullman from Sprague about March 1st, and since then has been employed as a car repairer in the Northern Pacific yards here.
He was at his work last Sunday repairing a brake shoe on the passenger coach which runs from Pullman over the Lewiston branch to Kendrick, Idaho. The coach was on a side track when the regular morning freight train came in. Mr. Adam was at work beneath the coach, lying with his head and arm across the rail. Two cars were dropped on the side track, and as the brakes were not set the cars ran into the coach with such force that it was run over the unfortunate man working beneath, and he was instantly killed.
When the car wheel struck Mr. Adam it did not, at once pass over him, but carried him along before it for a distance of twenty feet, when it run over and severed both arms and mashed his head in a horrible manner. The body was found a little later, by the conductor of the freight, and removed to the depot, where physicians and others were summoned, but nothing could be done; death had been instantaneous.
Mr. Adam was a native of Scotland and was about 42 years of age. He was married in Albany, Oregon, where he and his family lived before coming to Sprague and Pullman.
He was the father of two children, who, in company with Mrs. Adam, were assisting in Children's Day exercises at the Congregational church at the time of the accident.
When the messenger arrived at the church to tell the family of their terrible affliction, Lizzie, the eldest child of the deceased, was reciting -The Story I Hear;" surrounded with bright flowers, singing birds, and admiring friends the daughter was wholly unprepared for the news she received on descending the platform.
The deceased was a Christian man, a member of the Methodist church, and by conscientious application to duty had won the confidence of his employers.
The remains were taken, Monday, to Albany, Oregon, for burial, being accompanied by the family.
A coroner's jury, consisting of H. Sehlaefer, Barney Hattrup, K. A. Farr, Silas Prather, W. H. Brabyn, and N. S. Hunt, was summoned, and twelve witnesses were examined. The verdict of the jury was given in yesterday. The following is a portion thereof, the length making it impossible for all to be published :
" We find that the deceased was under a North Pacific railroad passenger coach on the side track, in the N. P. yard at Pullman; that he was repairing said coach. That, while the deceased was at work under said car by some, means unknown to us, there were two cars that started to move toward the said coach and did strike said the coach with sufficient force to cause said coach to move and to pass over the person of the said John Adam, the deceased, causing his death.
We find that his head and face were mashed and cut nearly in two; that his left hand was cut off at the wrist; that his right arm was cut off at the shoulder.
From the evidence obtained we are led to believe that said two cars were started to move by a jar received from the train backing in on said side track. We are also led to believe from the evidence obtained that the brakes on said two cars were not set up to hold said cars from moving and that any precaution that the deceased John Adam might have taken to protect himself would not have saved his life, and we firmly believe it was negligence on the part of the employer in not having said brakes set up. and that it was through said carelessness that the deceased, John Adam, came to his death."
Pullman herald. (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]), 19 June 1891. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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Abt Age 42
Married Jessie Misner in Albany, Linn, OR Jessie is the daughter of Elizabeth Hicks Misner and Joseph Misner.
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Inscription
NO MARKER
Gravesite Details
Burial was in Mountain View Cemetery in Benton County, Oregon. This is as close as I could find.
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