age, 25 years
(Published in “The Republican Banner,” Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, 15 Sep 1870; page 4)
Fatal Accident
A Man Run Over and Killed
Yesterday morning, about 9 o’clock, a yard-man named Edward Glennon was run over and killed at the Chattanooga Depot. Glennon had been in the habit of getting upon the tender of the switch engine by jumping upon the brake and then seizing one of the hooks hanging over from the wood box. Yesterday he stood upon the track and awaited the approach of the engine, which was backing up, and attempted to board it as he had done many times before. He missed his foothold, or failed to grasp the hook, and so fell to the ground, his body outside the track and his legs across the rail. Both were run over, the left leg above the knee and the other below the knee, both being nearly severed from the body. The unfortunate man was taken to his home in West Nashville. Medical aid was summoned, but nothing could be done for him. He died at noon. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and two children. We are told that Glennon had been often warned in connection with his rashness about the engines, but he failed to heed, and thus the accident which cost him his life.
(Published in “The Nashville Union and American,” Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, 16 Sep 1870; page 4)
The remains of Edward Glennon, the unfortunate man who was killed at the Chattanooga depot on Wednesday, were borne to their last resting place yesterday afternoon.
Contributor: Rev. Edward F. Steiner (47347402) • [email protected]
(Published in “The Republican Banner,” Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, 15 Sep 1870; page 4)
Fatal Accident
A Man Run Over and Killed
Yesterday morning, about 9 o’clock, a yard-man named Edward Glennon was run over and killed at the Chattanooga Depot. Glennon had been in the habit of getting upon the tender of the switch engine by jumping upon the brake and then seizing one of the hooks hanging over from the wood box. Yesterday he stood upon the track and awaited the approach of the engine, which was backing up, and attempted to board it as he had done many times before. He missed his foothold, or failed to grasp the hook, and so fell to the ground, his body outside the track and his legs across the rail. Both were run over, the left leg above the knee and the other below the knee, both being nearly severed from the body. The unfortunate man was taken to his home in West Nashville. Medical aid was summoned, but nothing could be done for him. He died at noon. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and two children. We are told that Glennon had been often warned in connection with his rashness about the engines, but he failed to heed, and thus the accident which cost him his life.
(Published in “The Nashville Union and American,” Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, 16 Sep 1870; page 4)
The remains of Edward Glennon, the unfortunate man who was killed at the Chattanooga depot on Wednesday, were borne to their last resting place yesterday afternoon.
Contributor: Rev. Edward F. Steiner (47347402) • [email protected]
age, 25 years
(Published in “The Republican Banner,” Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, 15 Sep 1870; page 4)
Fatal Accident
A Man Run Over and Killed
Yesterday morning, about 9 o’clock, a yard-man named Edward Glennon was run over and killed at the Chattanooga Depot. Glennon had been in the habit of getting upon the tender of the switch engine by jumping upon the brake and then seizing one of the hooks hanging over from the wood box. Yesterday he stood upon the track and awaited the approach of the engine, which was backing up, and attempted to board it as he had done many times before. He missed his foothold, or failed to grasp the hook, and so fell to the ground, his body outside the track and his legs across the rail. Both were run over, the left leg above the knee and the other below the knee, both being nearly severed from the body. The unfortunate man was taken to his home in West Nashville. Medical aid was summoned, but nothing could be done for him. He died at noon. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and two children. We are told that Glennon had been often warned in connection with his rashness about the engines, but he failed to heed, and thus the accident which cost him his life.
(Published in “The Nashville Union and American,” Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, 16 Sep 1870; page 4)
The remains of Edward Glennon, the unfortunate man who was killed at the Chattanooga depot on Wednesday, were borne to their last resting place yesterday afternoon.
Contributor: Rev. Edward F. Steiner (47347402) • [email protected]
(Published in “The Republican Banner,” Nashville, Tennessee, Thursday, 15 Sep 1870; page 4)
Fatal Accident
A Man Run Over and Killed
Yesterday morning, about 9 o’clock, a yard-man named Edward Glennon was run over and killed at the Chattanooga Depot. Glennon had been in the habit of getting upon the tender of the switch engine by jumping upon the brake and then seizing one of the hooks hanging over from the wood box. Yesterday he stood upon the track and awaited the approach of the engine, which was backing up, and attempted to board it as he had done many times before. He missed his foothold, or failed to grasp the hook, and so fell to the ground, his body outside the track and his legs across the rail. Both were run over, the left leg above the knee and the other below the knee, both being nearly severed from the body. The unfortunate man was taken to his home in West Nashville. Medical aid was summoned, but nothing could be done for him. He died at noon. The unfortunate man leaves a wife and two children. We are told that Glennon had been often warned in connection with his rashness about the engines, but he failed to heed, and thus the accident which cost him his life.
(Published in “The Nashville Union and American,” Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, 16 Sep 1870; page 4)
The remains of Edward Glennon, the unfortunate man who was killed at the Chattanooga depot on Wednesday, were borne to their last resting place yesterday afternoon.
Contributor: Rev. Edward F. Steiner (47347402) • [email protected]
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