WELL-KNOWN PIONEER WAS KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR WEDNESDAY
Jacob Scudder, one of the oldest and best-known pioneer residents of this county and a close relative of the late N. W. Scudder, was struck by an electric car of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Company late on Wednesday evening, the accident occurring between Taylor and Hopyard stations, and he died a short time after being taken to the Analy hotel at Sebastopol where he was hurried after the accident. His skull was crushed and he was otherwise mangled.
It seems that Mr. Scudder was walking on the track and failed to get off in response to the warning whistle, and before the motorman could stop the car, the pioneer was struck. He was picked up unconscious and placed on the car, the crew making a hurried run to Sebastopol where the sufferer was carried into the Analy hotel where Dr. Kerr was soon summoned. The doctor saw at a glance that the aged man was beyond all earthly help and in a short time he breathed his last without regaining consciousness. The accident occurred about four miles from Sebastopol.
Deceased was well known here where he frequently visited and where he had many friends. He leaves a widow, several adult children and grandchildren and had lived in this county for over forty years. Coroner Frank L. Blackburn was notified of the accident and went up to Sebastopol Thursday to hold an inquest. The remains are at the O'Leary funeral parlors at Sebastopol.
[Petaluma Argus, 10 August 1911, Page 8, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
Jacob Scudder, one of the oldest and best-known pioneer residents of this county and a close relative of the late N. W. Scudder, was struck by an electric car of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Company late on Wednesday evening, the accident occurring between Taylor and Hopyard stations, and he died a short time after being taken to the Analy hotel at Sebastopol where he was hurried after the accident. His skull was crushed and he was otherwise mangled.
It seems that Mr. Scudder was walking on the track and failed to get off in response to the warning whistle, and before the motorman could stop the car, the pioneer was struck. He was picked up unconscious and placed on the car, the crew making a hurried run to Sebastopol where the sufferer was carried into the Analy hotel where Dr. Kerr was soon summoned. The doctor saw at a glance that the aged man was beyond all earthly help and in a short time he breathed his last without regaining consciousness. The accident occurred about four miles from Sebastopol.
Deceased was well known here where he frequently visited and where he had many friends. He leaves a widow, several adult children and grandchildren and had lived in this county for over forty years. Coroner Frank L. Blackburn was notified of the accident and went up to Sebastopol Thursday to hold an inquest. The remains are at the O'Leary funeral parlors at Sebastopol.
[Petaluma Argus, 10 August 1911, Page 8, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
WELL-KNOWN PIONEER WAS KILLED BY ELECTRIC CAR WEDNESDAY
Jacob Scudder, one of the oldest and best-known pioneer residents of this county and a close relative of the late N. W. Scudder, was struck by an electric car of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Company late on Wednesday evening, the accident occurring between Taylor and Hopyard stations, and he died a short time after being taken to the Analy hotel at Sebastopol where he was hurried after the accident. His skull was crushed and he was otherwise mangled.
It seems that Mr. Scudder was walking on the track and failed to get off in response to the warning whistle, and before the motorman could stop the car, the pioneer was struck. He was picked up unconscious and placed on the car, the crew making a hurried run to Sebastopol where the sufferer was carried into the Analy hotel where Dr. Kerr was soon summoned. The doctor saw at a glance that the aged man was beyond all earthly help and in a short time he breathed his last without regaining consciousness. The accident occurred about four miles from Sebastopol.
Deceased was well known here where he frequently visited and where he had many friends. He leaves a widow, several adult children and grandchildren and had lived in this county for over forty years. Coroner Frank L. Blackburn was notified of the accident and went up to Sebastopol Thursday to hold an inquest. The remains are at the O'Leary funeral parlors at Sebastopol.
[Petaluma Argus, 10 August 1911, Page 8, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
Jacob Scudder, one of the oldest and best-known pioneer residents of this county and a close relative of the late N. W. Scudder, was struck by an electric car of the Petaluma & Santa Rosa Railway Company late on Wednesday evening, the accident occurring between Taylor and Hopyard stations, and he died a short time after being taken to the Analy hotel at Sebastopol where he was hurried after the accident. His skull was crushed and he was otherwise mangled.
It seems that Mr. Scudder was walking on the track and failed to get off in response to the warning whistle, and before the motorman could stop the car, the pioneer was struck. He was picked up unconscious and placed on the car, the crew making a hurried run to Sebastopol where the sufferer was carried into the Analy hotel where Dr. Kerr was soon summoned. The doctor saw at a glance that the aged man was beyond all earthly help and in a short time he breathed his last without regaining consciousness. The accident occurred about four miles from Sebastopol.
Deceased was well known here where he frequently visited and where he had many friends. He leaves a widow, several adult children and grandchildren and had lived in this county for over forty years. Coroner Frank L. Blackburn was notified of the accident and went up to Sebastopol Thursday to hold an inquest. The remains are at the O'Leary funeral parlors at Sebastopol.
[Petaluma Argus, 10 August 1911, Page 8, California Digital Newspaper Collection]
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