Elliott - John - train ashes - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

This morning at three o’clock as freight engine number 120 the Vandalia was entering the city from the north, the fireman, John Elliott, who was engaged in shaking out the ashes, was thrown from his position to the ground. The engineer was looking ahead and did not observe the absence until the engine had entered the city. The train was then backed out again until it reached the place where Elliott had fallen and still remained unconscious in the ditch. Doctors Jones and Rankin were summoned and worked with him for some time. His chief injuries were found to be on the back of the head just below the nape of the neck. The wounds here were very ugly and his constant vomiting showed them to be of a most serious character. Dr. Jones stated that the brain was probably injured and that the outlook was not at all encouraging. Having made the patient as comfortable as possible he was placed in the caboose and carried on to this home in Terre Haute. Elliott is a new hand at the business and this was his first trip upon the road. He had formerly been engaged in the Terre Haute car shops.