Highland Recorder July 17, 1908
Last Wednesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Armstrong received a telegram saying their son, Pearl, was seriously injured at Bloomington, ILL. On Thursday morning, another message stated he had died at 2 a.m. They wired at once to ship the body home, which arrived here at noon Saturday, accompanied by Miss Agnes Armstrong, sister of the deceased, and her friend, W.J. Ervine, an undertaker of Lexington, ILL. The funeral services were held at McKendree church on Sunday morning, conducted by Revs. Roane and Young. His remains were laid to rest in the graveyard at that place, followed by the largest gathering of friends and relatives ever seen at that church. From what we can learn, the cause of his death was as follows: He was conductor on an inter-urban trolley line, and in shifting cars, he took hold of the brake to check or stop the car, and the brake being defective, he fell from the car taking the brake with him, and was run over by other cars. The traction company is responsible for his death by putting a defective car on the tracks.
Last Wednesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Armstrong received a telegram saying their son, Pearl, was seriously injured at Bloomington, ILL. On Thursday morning, another message stated he had died at 2 a.m. They wired at once to ship the body home, which arrived here at noon Saturday, accompanied by Miss Agnes Armstrong, sister of the deceased, and her friend, W.J. Ervine, an undertaker of Lexington, ILL. The funeral services were held at McKendree church on Sunday morning, conducted by Revs. Roane and Young. His remains were laid to rest in the graveyard at that place, followed by the largest gathering of friends and relatives ever seen at that church. From what we can learn, the cause of his death was as follows: He was conductor on an inter-urban trolley line, and in shifting cars, he took hold of the brake to check or stop the car, and the brake being defective, he fell from the car taking the brake with him, and was run over by other cars. The traction company is responsible for his death by putting a defective car on the tracks.
Highland Recorder July 17, 1908
Last Wednesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Armstrong received a telegram saying their son, Pearl, was seriously injured at Bloomington, ILL. On Thursday morning, another message stated he had died at 2 a.m. They wired at once to ship the body home, which arrived here at noon Saturday, accompanied by Miss Agnes Armstrong, sister of the deceased, and her friend, W.J. Ervine, an undertaker of Lexington, ILL. The funeral services were held at McKendree church on Sunday morning, conducted by Revs. Roane and Young. His remains were laid to rest in the graveyard at that place, followed by the largest gathering of friends and relatives ever seen at that church. From what we can learn, the cause of his death was as follows: He was conductor on an inter-urban trolley line, and in shifting cars, he took hold of the brake to check or stop the car, and the brake being defective, he fell from the car taking the brake with him, and was run over by other cars. The traction company is responsible for his death by putting a defective car on the tracks.
Last Wednesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Armstrong received a telegram saying their son, Pearl, was seriously injured at Bloomington, ILL. On Thursday morning, another message stated he had died at 2 a.m. They wired at once to ship the body home, which arrived here at noon Saturday, accompanied by Miss Agnes Armstrong, sister of the deceased, and her friend, W.J. Ervine, an undertaker of Lexington, ILL. The funeral services were held at McKendree church on Sunday morning, conducted by Revs. Roane and Young. His remains were laid to rest in the graveyard at that place, followed by the largest gathering of friends and relatives ever seen at that church. From what we can learn, the cause of his death was as follows: He was conductor on an inter-urban trolley line, and in shifting cars, he took hold of the brake to check or stop the car, and the brake being defective, he fell from the car taking the brake with him, and was run over by other cars. The traction company is responsible for his death by putting a defective car on the tracks.
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