ANOTHER FATALITY MR. BLIZZARD KILLED
A Carpenter Loses His Life Near Locks.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
He Sat On the Track With His Face in His Hands-Heeded Not the Signals.
Another fatality occurred on the rail here yesterday, the victim this time being Arthur Blizzard, a white carpenter, whose home in Gadsden street near the fair grounds.
Mr. Blizzard was struck by the Southern passenger train which comes into Columbia early in the afternoon from Asheville, and in a hour or so afterward breathed his last without having gained consciousness.
The accident occurred near the canal locks, where early in the day the deceased had been employed, along with a number of other hands, repairing the canal locks. He came towork at the usual hour, but shortly afterward, it being noticed that he was greatly under the influence of liquor, he was told to leave until he recovered, as men in his condition were not wanted in such work, for fear they would be drowned. Thereupon he went off to lie down in the shade and nothing more was seen of him until he was picked up in a dying condition by the trainmen.
At the time Mr. Blizzard received his death blow he was sitting on the end of a crosstie with his face buried in his hands, presumably asleep. The danger signal was repeatedly sounded, but this made no impression. The engine swept by and cleared him, but just then the man seemed to be aroused by the noise of the train, and raising his head, was struck by one of the steps and hurled with terrific force from the track. When he was picked up his head was crushed and several of his ribs were broken.
The body was brought into the city and laid on the platform under the union shed, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to view the gastly spectacle.
Life was about extinct when Dr. Knowlton, who was summoned to attend the wounded man, arrived.
Coroner Green quickly impaneled a jury and held an inquest, with the result the jury found that death came from the victim's being knocked from the track by the train mentioned above. No blame is attached to the road for the sad accident, as it was shown that the trainmen exercised every precaution possible under the circumstances to avert the collision.
The dead man was about fifty years old. He leaves a wife and family, who have sympathy of all in their bereavement. Mr. Blizzard was not a turbulent man, but was of a quiet and peaceable nature. He is said to have been a sergeant of police in Columbia many years ago. He was an efficient workman.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 28, 1898
BLIZZARD-The friends, relatives and acquaintances of MR. and MRS. J. A. BLIZZARD are requested to attend the funeral services of the former at 6 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON at his late residence, 2018 Gadsden street. Interment at Elmwood cemetery.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 29, 1898
A Carpenter Loses His Life Near Locks.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
He Sat On the Track With His Face in His Hands-Heeded Not the Signals.
Another fatality occurred on the rail here yesterday, the victim this time being Arthur Blizzard, a white carpenter, whose home in Gadsden street near the fair grounds.
Mr. Blizzard was struck by the Southern passenger train which comes into Columbia early in the afternoon from Asheville, and in a hour or so afterward breathed his last without having gained consciousness.
The accident occurred near the canal locks, where early in the day the deceased had been employed, along with a number of other hands, repairing the canal locks. He came towork at the usual hour, but shortly afterward, it being noticed that he was greatly under the influence of liquor, he was told to leave until he recovered, as men in his condition were not wanted in such work, for fear they would be drowned. Thereupon he went off to lie down in the shade and nothing more was seen of him until he was picked up in a dying condition by the trainmen.
At the time Mr. Blizzard received his death blow he was sitting on the end of a crosstie with his face buried in his hands, presumably asleep. The danger signal was repeatedly sounded, but this made no impression. The engine swept by and cleared him, but just then the man seemed to be aroused by the noise of the train, and raising his head, was struck by one of the steps and hurled with terrific force from the track. When he was picked up his head was crushed and several of his ribs were broken.
The body was brought into the city and laid on the platform under the union shed, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to view the gastly spectacle.
Life was about extinct when Dr. Knowlton, who was summoned to attend the wounded man, arrived.
Coroner Green quickly impaneled a jury and held an inquest, with the result the jury found that death came from the victim's being knocked from the track by the train mentioned above. No blame is attached to the road for the sad accident, as it was shown that the trainmen exercised every precaution possible under the circumstances to avert the collision.
The dead man was about fifty years old. He leaves a wife and family, who have sympathy of all in their bereavement. Mr. Blizzard was not a turbulent man, but was of a quiet and peaceable nature. He is said to have been a sergeant of police in Columbia many years ago. He was an efficient workman.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 28, 1898
BLIZZARD-The friends, relatives and acquaintances of MR. and MRS. J. A. BLIZZARD are requested to attend the funeral services of the former at 6 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON at his late residence, 2018 Gadsden street. Interment at Elmwood cemetery.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 29, 1898
ANOTHER FATALITY MR. BLIZZARD KILLED
A Carpenter Loses His Life Near Locks.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
He Sat On the Track With His Face in His Hands-Heeded Not the Signals.
Another fatality occurred on the rail here yesterday, the victim this time being Arthur Blizzard, a white carpenter, whose home in Gadsden street near the fair grounds.
Mr. Blizzard was struck by the Southern passenger train which comes into Columbia early in the afternoon from Asheville, and in a hour or so afterward breathed his last without having gained consciousness.
The accident occurred near the canal locks, where early in the day the deceased had been employed, along with a number of other hands, repairing the canal locks. He came towork at the usual hour, but shortly afterward, it being noticed that he was greatly under the influence of liquor, he was told to leave until he recovered, as men in his condition were not wanted in such work, for fear they would be drowned. Thereupon he went off to lie down in the shade and nothing more was seen of him until he was picked up in a dying condition by the trainmen.
At the time Mr. Blizzard received his death blow he was sitting on the end of a crosstie with his face buried in his hands, presumably asleep. The danger signal was repeatedly sounded, but this made no impression. The engine swept by and cleared him, but just then the man seemed to be aroused by the noise of the train, and raising his head, was struck by one of the steps and hurled with terrific force from the track. When he was picked up his head was crushed and several of his ribs were broken.
The body was brought into the city and laid on the platform under the union shed, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to view the gastly spectacle.
Life was about extinct when Dr. Knowlton, who was summoned to attend the wounded man, arrived.
Coroner Green quickly impaneled a jury and held an inquest, with the result the jury found that death came from the victim's being knocked from the track by the train mentioned above. No blame is attached to the road for the sad accident, as it was shown that the trainmen exercised every precaution possible under the circumstances to avert the collision.
The dead man was about fifty years old. He leaves a wife and family, who have sympathy of all in their bereavement. Mr. Blizzard was not a turbulent man, but was of a quiet and peaceable nature. He is said to have been a sergeant of police in Columbia many years ago. He was an efficient workman.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 28, 1898
BLIZZARD-The friends, relatives and acquaintances of MR. and MRS. J. A. BLIZZARD are requested to attend the funeral services of the former at 6 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON at his late residence, 2018 Gadsden street. Interment at Elmwood cemetery.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 29, 1898
A Carpenter Loses His Life Near Locks.
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR
He Sat On the Track With His Face in His Hands-Heeded Not the Signals.
Another fatality occurred on the rail here yesterday, the victim this time being Arthur Blizzard, a white carpenter, whose home in Gadsden street near the fair grounds.
Mr. Blizzard was struck by the Southern passenger train which comes into Columbia early in the afternoon from Asheville, and in a hour or so afterward breathed his last without having gained consciousness.
The accident occurred near the canal locks, where early in the day the deceased had been employed, along with a number of other hands, repairing the canal locks. He came towork at the usual hour, but shortly afterward, it being noticed that he was greatly under the influence of liquor, he was told to leave until he recovered, as men in his condition were not wanted in such work, for fear they would be drowned. Thereupon he went off to lie down in the shade and nothing more was seen of him until he was picked up in a dying condition by the trainmen.
At the time Mr. Blizzard received his death blow he was sitting on the end of a crosstie with his face buried in his hands, presumably asleep. The danger signal was repeatedly sounded, but this made no impression. The engine swept by and cleared him, but just then the man seemed to be aroused by the noise of the train, and raising his head, was struck by one of the steps and hurled with terrific force from the track. When he was picked up his head was crushed and several of his ribs were broken.
The body was brought into the city and laid on the platform under the union shed, where a crowd of 200 or more gathered to view the gastly spectacle.
Life was about extinct when Dr. Knowlton, who was summoned to attend the wounded man, arrived.
Coroner Green quickly impaneled a jury and held an inquest, with the result the jury found that death came from the victim's being knocked from the track by the train mentioned above. No blame is attached to the road for the sad accident, as it was shown that the trainmen exercised every precaution possible under the circumstances to avert the collision.
The dead man was about fifty years old. He leaves a wife and family, who have sympathy of all in their bereavement. Mr. Blizzard was not a turbulent man, but was of a quiet and peaceable nature. He is said to have been a sergeant of police in Columbia many years ago. He was an efficient workman.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 28, 1898
BLIZZARD-The friends, relatives and acquaintances of MR. and MRS. J. A. BLIZZARD are requested to attend the funeral services of the former at 6 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON at his late residence, 2018 Gadsden street. Interment at Elmwood cemetery.
The State newspaper (Columbia, SC) Aug 29, 1898
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