Galloway - William
WILLIAM GALLOWAY
Source: Crawfordsville Star, July 8, 1880 p 1
c 2 -- The funeral of William Galloway took place at the old homstead on East Main street yesterday afternoon and was largely attended.
c. 5 -- All of our old citizens and most of the young ones, knew Uncle Billy Galloway, and knew him for an excellent old man. The sad intelligence of his death by accident will therefore be generally deplored. On Monday morning Jack Rogers, the enginer driver of the 9 o'clock passenter train westward bound on the LBW RR when approaching the city about a mile east of the city Junction Mr. Galloway and a small lad walking along on the railroad track. Before the train got very close the boy wa snoticed to lead the old man from the track. The boy stepped to one side and the old man to the other. Just as the enginer was in a few yards of them, the old gentleman started across the track again and was struck by the bumper of the pilot and thrown to one side of the track. The train was slowed up and the train men and a number of the passengers got off and examined the unfortunate gentleman. John Lockridge, of New Ross, was the first man to approach his side and felt his pulse only to feel the least faint beat of the heart.. Mr. Galloway laid on his side with feet drawn up in his lap and with his hands to his face. His spinal column seemed to be broken. Death must have been instataneous. Mr. Galloway was 82 years of age, feeble and tottering with age. Being almost deaf and blind, he evidently did not understand the near approach of the train. He is the father of Robert and Rod Galloway, and has many relatives and friends in this vicinity. THe deplorable accident can be charged to the account of no one. - kbz