"Lon Hardin, a section hand on the Santa Fe railway at Mendon, was fatally injured Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock. He was down near the elevator when a freight train came in on the main track. He got out of its way but didn't notice the water train when it backed in on the switch. He was called to and thrown at to attract his attention but to no avail, as the water train struck and knocked him down and rolled him a short distance, inflicting injuries from which he died before anyone could get to him.
Dr. Isaiah Knott, coroner, went to Mendon Wednesday and viewed the body, but did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest. He found the left leg broken and thigh bone crushed, the right leg fractured and a number of bruises on his person.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist church and was also a Knight of Pythias. His remains were laid to rest in the Old Mendon cemetery Wednesday afternoon with Pythian honors.
A wife and four children survive him." Chariton Courier, January 22, 1909
Dr. Isaiah Knott, coroner, went to Mendon Wednesday and viewed the body, but did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest. He found the left leg broken and thigh bone crushed, the right leg fractured and a number of bruises on his person.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist church and was also a Knight of Pythias. His remains were laid to rest in the Old Mendon cemetery Wednesday afternoon with Pythian honors.
A wife and four children survive him." Chariton Courier, January 22, 1909
"Lon Hardin, a section hand on the Santa Fe railway at Mendon, was fatally injured Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock. He was down near the elevator when a freight train came in on the main track. He got out of its way but didn't notice the water train when it backed in on the switch. He was called to and thrown at to attract his attention but to no avail, as the water train struck and knocked him down and rolled him a short distance, inflicting injuries from which he died before anyone could get to him.
Dr. Isaiah Knott, coroner, went to Mendon Wednesday and viewed the body, but did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest. He found the left leg broken and thigh bone crushed, the right leg fractured and a number of bruises on his person.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist church and was also a Knight of Pythias. His remains were laid to rest in the Old Mendon cemetery Wednesday afternoon with Pythian honors.
A wife and four children survive him." Chariton Courier, January 22, 1909
Dr. Isaiah Knott, coroner, went to Mendon Wednesday and viewed the body, but did not deem it necessary to hold an inquest. He found the left leg broken and thigh bone crushed, the right leg fractured and a number of bruises on his person.
The deceased was a member of the Methodist church and was also a Knight of Pythias. His remains were laid to rest in the Old Mendon cemetery Wednesday afternoon with Pythian honors.
A wife and four children survive him." Chariton Courier, January 22, 1909
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