Havre Daily News (MT), 26 Feb 1935
John G. Davidson, Veteran Engineer, Dies Sunday of Accident Injuries
"Jack" Davidson, oldest engineer in point of service on the Butte division, tragically ended that service Sunday evening when he was brushed from the side of his engine cab as he entered the No. 1 tunnel seven miles west of Summit out of Whitefish at 6:10 p.m. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries from which he died about 9:40 o'clock the same night, on the train which was bringing him to Havre.
Death came on his 72nd birthday. He had completed 50 years of service with the Great Northern.
He is believed to have leaned from his cab to brush some ice from his engine. R.R. Mowry, fireman on his side of the engine, looked up in time to see the engineer stepping out of the cab, all of his body except one leg from the knee down being outside, when the train entered the tunnel.
The right side of Mr. Davidson's head struck the wall of the entrance. The fireman made a frantic attempt to reach Mr. Davidson to pull him in, but failed. The engine was stopped by Mr. Mowry (who is an engineer working as a fireman), the crew going back to find the body of Mr. Davidson which was lying along side the track just inside of the tunnel. How the body escaped falling under the wheels is regarded as a mystery by his fellow trainmen, as the ice along the track inside the tunnel sloped to the track from the wall. The train was brought to Havre by Mr. Mowbry. A physician, Dr. H.L. Schrader, was taken on the train at Browning, accompanying the dying man to Havre. Mr. Davidson passed away three hours and 30 minutes after the accident.
John G. Davidson was born Feb. 24, 1863. Mr. Davidson had moved his family to Glasgow to Minot 31 years ago and remained there until about 1909 when he came to Havre living here 26 years.
Mr. Davidson is survived by four daughters, Mrs. H.B. Hart of Longview, Wash., Mrs. George McIntyre, Mrs. Albert Cech, and Mrs. Jack Garner of Havre; and four sons, Charles of Mobridge, S.D., Howard of Kremlin, and Jack and Lee of Havre. Also by one brother, Andrew of Havre; and three sisters, Mrs. E.C. Wood of St. John, New Brunswick, Mrs. C.W. Brundage of East Douglas, Mass., and Mrs. C.R. Lewis of Minnesota.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
John G. Davidson, Veteran Engineer, Dies Sunday of Accident Injuries
"Jack" Davidson, oldest engineer in point of service on the Butte division, tragically ended that service Sunday evening when he was brushed from the side of his engine cab as he entered the No. 1 tunnel seven miles west of Summit out of Whitefish at 6:10 p.m. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries from which he died about 9:40 o'clock the same night, on the train which was bringing him to Havre.
Death came on his 72nd birthday. He had completed 50 years of service with the Great Northern.
He is believed to have leaned from his cab to brush some ice from his engine. R.R. Mowry, fireman on his side of the engine, looked up in time to see the engineer stepping out of the cab, all of his body except one leg from the knee down being outside, when the train entered the tunnel.
The right side of Mr. Davidson's head struck the wall of the entrance. The fireman made a frantic attempt to reach Mr. Davidson to pull him in, but failed. The engine was stopped by Mr. Mowry (who is an engineer working as a fireman), the crew going back to find the body of Mr. Davidson which was lying along side the track just inside of the tunnel. How the body escaped falling under the wheels is regarded as a mystery by his fellow trainmen, as the ice along the track inside the tunnel sloped to the track from the wall. The train was brought to Havre by Mr. Mowbry. A physician, Dr. H.L. Schrader, was taken on the train at Browning, accompanying the dying man to Havre. Mr. Davidson passed away three hours and 30 minutes after the accident.
John G. Davidson was born Feb. 24, 1863. Mr. Davidson had moved his family to Glasgow to Minot 31 years ago and remained there until about 1909 when he came to Havre living here 26 years.
Mr. Davidson is survived by four daughters, Mrs. H.B. Hart of Longview, Wash., Mrs. George McIntyre, Mrs. Albert Cech, and Mrs. Jack Garner of Havre; and four sons, Charles of Mobridge, S.D., Howard of Kremlin, and Jack and Lee of Havre. Also by one brother, Andrew of Havre; and three sisters, Mrs. E.C. Wood of St. John, New Brunswick, Mrs. C.W. Brundage of East Douglas, Mass., and Mrs. C.R. Lewis of Minnesota.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Havre Daily News (MT), 26 Feb 1935
John G. Davidson, Veteran Engineer, Dies Sunday of Accident Injuries
"Jack" Davidson, oldest engineer in point of service on the Butte division, tragically ended that service Sunday evening when he was brushed from the side of his engine cab as he entered the No. 1 tunnel seven miles west of Summit out of Whitefish at 6:10 p.m. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries from which he died about 9:40 o'clock the same night, on the train which was bringing him to Havre.
Death came on his 72nd birthday. He had completed 50 years of service with the Great Northern.
He is believed to have leaned from his cab to brush some ice from his engine. R.R. Mowry, fireman on his side of the engine, looked up in time to see the engineer stepping out of the cab, all of his body except one leg from the knee down being outside, when the train entered the tunnel.
The right side of Mr. Davidson's head struck the wall of the entrance. The fireman made a frantic attempt to reach Mr. Davidson to pull him in, but failed. The engine was stopped by Mr. Mowry (who is an engineer working as a fireman), the crew going back to find the body of Mr. Davidson which was lying along side the track just inside of the tunnel. How the body escaped falling under the wheels is regarded as a mystery by his fellow trainmen, as the ice along the track inside the tunnel sloped to the track from the wall. The train was brought to Havre by Mr. Mowbry. A physician, Dr. H.L. Schrader, was taken on the train at Browning, accompanying the dying man to Havre. Mr. Davidson passed away three hours and 30 minutes after the accident.
John G. Davidson was born Feb. 24, 1863. Mr. Davidson had moved his family to Glasgow to Minot 31 years ago and remained there until about 1909 when he came to Havre living here 26 years.
Mr. Davidson is survived by four daughters, Mrs. H.B. Hart of Longview, Wash., Mrs. George McIntyre, Mrs. Albert Cech, and Mrs. Jack Garner of Havre; and four sons, Charles of Mobridge, S.D., Howard of Kremlin, and Jack and Lee of Havre. Also by one brother, Andrew of Havre; and three sisters, Mrs. E.C. Wood of St. John, New Brunswick, Mrs. C.W. Brundage of East Douglas, Mass., and Mrs. C.R. Lewis of Minnesota.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
John G. Davidson, Veteran Engineer, Dies Sunday of Accident Injuries
"Jack" Davidson, oldest engineer in point of service on the Butte division, tragically ended that service Sunday evening when he was brushed from the side of his engine cab as he entered the No. 1 tunnel seven miles west of Summit out of Whitefish at 6:10 p.m. He suffered a fractured skull and other injuries from which he died about 9:40 o'clock the same night, on the train which was bringing him to Havre.
Death came on his 72nd birthday. He had completed 50 years of service with the Great Northern.
He is believed to have leaned from his cab to brush some ice from his engine. R.R. Mowry, fireman on his side of the engine, looked up in time to see the engineer stepping out of the cab, all of his body except one leg from the knee down being outside, when the train entered the tunnel.
The right side of Mr. Davidson's head struck the wall of the entrance. The fireman made a frantic attempt to reach Mr. Davidson to pull him in, but failed. The engine was stopped by Mr. Mowry (who is an engineer working as a fireman), the crew going back to find the body of Mr. Davidson which was lying along side the track just inside of the tunnel. How the body escaped falling under the wheels is regarded as a mystery by his fellow trainmen, as the ice along the track inside the tunnel sloped to the track from the wall. The train was brought to Havre by Mr. Mowbry. A physician, Dr. H.L. Schrader, was taken on the train at Browning, accompanying the dying man to Havre. Mr. Davidson passed away three hours and 30 minutes after the accident.
John G. Davidson was born Feb. 24, 1863. Mr. Davidson had moved his family to Glasgow to Minot 31 years ago and remained there until about 1909 when he came to Havre living here 26 years.
Mr. Davidson is survived by four daughters, Mrs. H.B. Hart of Longview, Wash., Mrs. George McIntyre, Mrs. Albert Cech, and Mrs. Jack Garner of Havre; and four sons, Charles of Mobridge, S.D., Howard of Kremlin, and Jack and Lee of Havre. Also by one brother, Andrew of Havre; and three sisters, Mrs. E.C. Wood of St. John, New Brunswick, Mrs. C.W. Brundage of East Douglas, Mass., and Mrs. C.R. Lewis of Minnesota.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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