| Charles Ogle |
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Another Railway Accident Chas. Ogle Caught in a Frog and Run Down By the L. E. & W. Switch Engine in the Yard Legs Horribly Cut Another Injured Beyond Recovery He Ramains Conscious and Relates the Particulars of the Accident in the Minutest Details. Another L. E. & W. fatality. Another life goes out with the many thousands that die annually under the murderous wheels. Last night at near 10 o'clock while the night switch crew were perfoming their duties in the yards in the west part of the city, Chas. Ogle, yard foreman under yardmaster Hugh McGill was caught in a frog and run over by the backing engine and one box car. As described by him as follows: "I was switching two box cars and had cut one loose when my foot got caught in the frog and before I could get loose the train backed on me and you see what happened. The man was very week and words came with much effort. The examination showed that his left leg below the knee was badly torn and ascerated and the foot was broken. The thigh and hip was also cut in a very serious manner. The right leg was also badly torn but no bones were broken. The injured man lives on Shoemaker street and is married, two children being in the household. He is 34 years of age and is considered a good rail man. The physicians, Drs. Kemper and Cowing stated that it is impossible for him to recover. The ambulance of Meeks Bro's conveyed the body to the home, where he now lies at death's door. |
Chas. Ogle, the Injured Brakeman Passes Away Chas. Ogle, the man who was so seriously injured by being run down by the locomotive in the L. E. & W. switch yards, and now passed to the great beyond. The unfortunate man breathed his last yesterday afternoon 2:25. He leaves a wife and two children |