Elwood Call Leader 26 Feb 1900 Elwood,Madison Co.,Indiana
HE FELL FROM THE BRIDGE
"James Kane Met A Sudden Death Saturday Night"
HAD BEEN DRINKING SOME
"And Started Home With William Hunt, One of His Neighbors"
"Slipped While Crossing The Panhandle Bridge and Plunged To A Horrible Death Below"
Another fatal accident happened in Elwood Saturday night. While crossing the Panhandle Railroad Bridge near the post office enroute to his home in the country three miles northwest of Elwood, James Kane slipped and fell headlong to the frozen ground twenty feet below, striking on his left temple and fracturing the skull. Death was instantaneous. In company with a neighbor William Hunt, Kane came to town Saturday afternoon and about 9 o'clock the men had started home, carrying some bundles of groceries and merchandise when the accident happened. Hunt stated that Kane had been drinking a little but not enough to unbalance him, he said that the thick coat of ice which covered the bridge timbers was responsible for the accident. The men were crossing the bridge going northwest and were a little more than half way across when Kane slipped, in his efforts to catch himself he rolled over the low banister just outside the west wall and tumbled headlong down between it and the high wall on the outside. The fall was an awful one, and the way he struck the ground produced instant death. Hunt immediatley gave the alarm and the police went after Kane's body finding it lying under the bridge in a pool of his own lifes blood. The body was taken to deputy coroner W.H. Smith Jr. morgue where it was dressed and laid out. Coroner Conrad arrived from Anderson at 10:30 Sunday morning and held an inquest immediatley. He found that Kane came to his death as described above. Kane was about forty years of age and lived up near the gravel pit three miles northwest. He leaves a wife and seven children. The remains were taken to the late residence Sunday afternoon and turned over to the grief stricken family. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, pending the arrival of relatives from the southern part of the state, but it will likely be held Tuesday.
HE FELL FROM THE BRIDGE
"James Kane Met A Sudden Death Saturday Night"
HAD BEEN DRINKING SOME
"And Started Home With William Hunt, One of His Neighbors"
"Slipped While Crossing The Panhandle Bridge and Plunged To A Horrible Death Below"
Another fatal accident happened in Elwood Saturday night. While crossing the Panhandle Railroad Bridge near the post office enroute to his home in the country three miles northwest of Elwood, James Kane slipped and fell headlong to the frozen ground twenty feet below, striking on his left temple and fracturing the skull. Death was instantaneous. In company with a neighbor William Hunt, Kane came to town Saturday afternoon and about 9 o'clock the men had started home, carrying some bundles of groceries and merchandise when the accident happened. Hunt stated that Kane had been drinking a little but not enough to unbalance him, he said that the thick coat of ice which covered the bridge timbers was responsible for the accident. The men were crossing the bridge going northwest and were a little more than half way across when Kane slipped, in his efforts to catch himself he rolled over the low banister just outside the west wall and tumbled headlong down between it and the high wall on the outside. The fall was an awful one, and the way he struck the ground produced instant death. Hunt immediatley gave the alarm and the police went after Kane's body finding it lying under the bridge in a pool of his own lifes blood. The body was taken to deputy coroner W.H. Smith Jr. morgue where it was dressed and laid out. Coroner Conrad arrived from Anderson at 10:30 Sunday morning and held an inquest immediatley. He found that Kane came to his death as described above. Kane was about forty years of age and lived up near the gravel pit three miles northwest. He leaves a wife and seven children. The remains were taken to the late residence Sunday afternoon and turned over to the grief stricken family. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, pending the arrival of relatives from the southern part of the state, but it will likely be held Tuesday.
Elwood Call Leader 26 Feb 1900 Elwood,Madison Co.,Indiana
HE FELL FROM THE BRIDGE
"James Kane Met A Sudden Death Saturday Night"
HAD BEEN DRINKING SOME
"And Started Home With William Hunt, One of His Neighbors"
"Slipped While Crossing The Panhandle Bridge and Plunged To A Horrible Death Below"
Another fatal accident happened in Elwood Saturday night. While crossing the Panhandle Railroad Bridge near the post office enroute to his home in the country three miles northwest of Elwood, James Kane slipped and fell headlong to the frozen ground twenty feet below, striking on his left temple and fracturing the skull. Death was instantaneous. In company with a neighbor William Hunt, Kane came to town Saturday afternoon and about 9 o'clock the men had started home, carrying some bundles of groceries and merchandise when the accident happened. Hunt stated that Kane had been drinking a little but not enough to unbalance him, he said that the thick coat of ice which covered the bridge timbers was responsible for the accident. The men were crossing the bridge going northwest and were a little more than half way across when Kane slipped, in his efforts to catch himself he rolled over the low banister just outside the west wall and tumbled headlong down between it and the high wall on the outside. The fall was an awful one, and the way he struck the ground produced instant death. Hunt immediatley gave the alarm and the police went after Kane's body finding it lying under the bridge in a pool of his own lifes blood. The body was taken to deputy coroner W.H. Smith Jr. morgue where it was dressed and laid out. Coroner Conrad arrived from Anderson at 10:30 Sunday morning and held an inquest immediatley. He found that Kane came to his death as described above. Kane was about forty years of age and lived up near the gravel pit three miles northwest. He leaves a wife and seven children. The remains were taken to the late residence Sunday afternoon and turned over to the grief stricken family. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, pending the arrival of relatives from the southern part of the state, but it will likely be held Tuesday.
HE FELL FROM THE BRIDGE
"James Kane Met A Sudden Death Saturday Night"
HAD BEEN DRINKING SOME
"And Started Home With William Hunt, One of His Neighbors"
"Slipped While Crossing The Panhandle Bridge and Plunged To A Horrible Death Below"
Another fatal accident happened in Elwood Saturday night. While crossing the Panhandle Railroad Bridge near the post office enroute to his home in the country three miles northwest of Elwood, James Kane slipped and fell headlong to the frozen ground twenty feet below, striking on his left temple and fracturing the skull. Death was instantaneous. In company with a neighbor William Hunt, Kane came to town Saturday afternoon and about 9 o'clock the men had started home, carrying some bundles of groceries and merchandise when the accident happened. Hunt stated that Kane had been drinking a little but not enough to unbalance him, he said that the thick coat of ice which covered the bridge timbers was responsible for the accident. The men were crossing the bridge going northwest and were a little more than half way across when Kane slipped, in his efforts to catch himself he rolled over the low banister just outside the west wall and tumbled headlong down between it and the high wall on the outside. The fall was an awful one, and the way he struck the ground produced instant death. Hunt immediatley gave the alarm and the police went after Kane's body finding it lying under the bridge in a pool of his own lifes blood. The body was taken to deputy coroner W.H. Smith Jr. morgue where it was dressed and laid out. Coroner Conrad arrived from Anderson at 10:30 Sunday morning and held an inquest immediatley. He found that Kane came to his death as described above. Kane was about forty years of age and lived up near the gravel pit three miles northwest. He leaves a wife and seven children. The remains were taken to the late residence Sunday afternoon and turned over to the grief stricken family. The arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, pending the arrival of relatives from the southern part of the state, but it will likely be held Tuesday.
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