New Jersey Courier, Wednesday December 22,1886:
An accident occurred at the crossing of the New Jersey Southern Railway at Ridgeway yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a man directly in front of his home, and within twenty yards of it. Millard F Jameson, a son in law of John H Irons, had been at work with his father-in-law a short distance from his home. Shortly after eleven o'clock, he started for home to put up his team. To reach home he was compelled to cross the railroad track. Train No. 10, William Savage, engineer and George Brown conducter, left Lakwewood at 10:45, for Barnegat, being due at this town at 11:20. When within a short distance of the Ridgeway crossing, the engineer saw Jameson on the track with his team. The air brakes were at once put on, the engine reversed and the throttle pulled wide open, but too late to avert the catastrophe, although the train was stopped within two hundred feet of the spot where it was when Jameson was first seen. The engine struck the wagon at the fore wheel, completely demolishing it, killing Jameson instantly, throwing one of the horses dead into the basement of Mr Irons' house, and crippling the other horse. We understand that as Jameson drove on the track, a woman called to him and warned him of the approaching train, but thinking he could cross in safety he made the attempt. Coroner Ernst was notified, and he proceeded at once to the scene of the disaster. After viewing the body and investigating the circumstances of the accident, he granted a burial permit, assured that all proper signals had been given by the engineer. Jameson was 26 years old and leaves a wife and one child.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the residence of John H Irons, at Ridgeway, at 10:30 AM and at the Cassville M E Church at 2 PM. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
An accident occurred at the crossing of the New Jersey Southern Railway at Ridgeway yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a man directly in front of his home, and within twenty yards of it. Millard F Jameson, a son in law of John H Irons, had been at work with his father-in-law a short distance from his home. Shortly after eleven o'clock, he started for home to put up his team. To reach home he was compelled to cross the railroad track. Train No. 10, William Savage, engineer and George Brown conducter, left Lakwewood at 10:45, for Barnegat, being due at this town at 11:20. When within a short distance of the Ridgeway crossing, the engineer saw Jameson on the track with his team. The air brakes were at once put on, the engine reversed and the throttle pulled wide open, but too late to avert the catastrophe, although the train was stopped within two hundred feet of the spot where it was when Jameson was first seen. The engine struck the wagon at the fore wheel, completely demolishing it, killing Jameson instantly, throwing one of the horses dead into the basement of Mr Irons' house, and crippling the other horse. We understand that as Jameson drove on the track, a woman called to him and warned him of the approaching train, but thinking he could cross in safety he made the attempt. Coroner Ernst was notified, and he proceeded at once to the scene of the disaster. After viewing the body and investigating the circumstances of the accident, he granted a burial permit, assured that all proper signals had been given by the engineer. Jameson was 26 years old and leaves a wife and one child.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the residence of John H Irons, at Ridgeway, at 10:30 AM and at the Cassville M E Church at 2 PM. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
New Jersey Courier, Wednesday December 22,1886:
An accident occurred at the crossing of the New Jersey Southern Railway at Ridgeway yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a man directly in front of his home, and within twenty yards of it. Millard F Jameson, a son in law of John H Irons, had been at work with his father-in-law a short distance from his home. Shortly after eleven o'clock, he started for home to put up his team. To reach home he was compelled to cross the railroad track. Train No. 10, William Savage, engineer and George Brown conducter, left Lakwewood at 10:45, for Barnegat, being due at this town at 11:20. When within a short distance of the Ridgeway crossing, the engineer saw Jameson on the track with his team. The air brakes were at once put on, the engine reversed and the throttle pulled wide open, but too late to avert the catastrophe, although the train was stopped within two hundred feet of the spot where it was when Jameson was first seen. The engine struck the wagon at the fore wheel, completely demolishing it, killing Jameson instantly, throwing one of the horses dead into the basement of Mr Irons' house, and crippling the other horse. We understand that as Jameson drove on the track, a woman called to him and warned him of the approaching train, but thinking he could cross in safety he made the attempt. Coroner Ernst was notified, and he proceeded at once to the scene of the disaster. After viewing the body and investigating the circumstances of the accident, he granted a burial permit, assured that all proper signals had been given by the engineer. Jameson was 26 years old and leaves a wife and one child.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the residence of John H Irons, at Ridgeway, at 10:30 AM and at the Cassville M E Church at 2 PM. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
An accident occurred at the crossing of the New Jersey Southern Railway at Ridgeway yesterday morning, resulting in the death of a man directly in front of his home, and within twenty yards of it. Millard F Jameson, a son in law of John H Irons, had been at work with his father-in-law a short distance from his home. Shortly after eleven o'clock, he started for home to put up his team. To reach home he was compelled to cross the railroad track. Train No. 10, William Savage, engineer and George Brown conducter, left Lakwewood at 10:45, for Barnegat, being due at this town at 11:20. When within a short distance of the Ridgeway crossing, the engineer saw Jameson on the track with his team. The air brakes were at once put on, the engine reversed and the throttle pulled wide open, but too late to avert the catastrophe, although the train was stopped within two hundred feet of the spot where it was when Jameson was first seen. The engine struck the wagon at the fore wheel, completely demolishing it, killing Jameson instantly, throwing one of the horses dead into the basement of Mr Irons' house, and crippling the other horse. We understand that as Jameson drove on the track, a woman called to him and warned him of the approaching train, but thinking he could cross in safety he made the attempt. Coroner Ernst was notified, and he proceeded at once to the scene of the disaster. After viewing the body and investigating the circumstances of the accident, he granted a burial permit, assured that all proper signals had been given by the engineer. Jameson was 26 years old and leaves a wife and one child.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the residence of John H Irons, at Ridgeway, at 10:30 AM and at the Cassville M E Church at 2 PM. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.
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Died 12/21/1886 age 26,9,14
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In same plot with Ellison, Etna B, Ellison E, W H & Lydia A Jamison.
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