Hernley - Harry
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Tuesday, 4 September 1894
Harry Hernley died yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Champaign, Ill., of his injuries. The body of the unfortunate young man, accompanied by his father, arrived last night at midnight. The funeral will occur from the Christian Church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock, services to be conducted by Rev. W. J. Howe.
Mr. Hernley was injured while coupling cars in the yards at Champaign. It seems that he had cut a car loose and stepped back from the track. A pile of cinders had been carelessly dumped there and over this he fell, his legs going across the track to be cut off by cruel wheels. He was taken quickly to the hospital and was conscious when his father reached his side yesterday forenoon. Harry Hernley’s death is a peculiarly sad one, he being a young man of much character and promise and liked by all with whom he came in contact. -s
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Monday, 3 September 1894
A.H. Hernley received a telegram this morning from Champaign, Ill., telling him that his son, Harry, had been hurt by the cars. Both of his legs were mangled below the knees and one of them almost literally torn off. It was thought that the other would have to be amputated also. Mr. Hernley took the morning train for the west, arriving there about noon. Before that time, however, the family received more telegrams saying that Harry was worse and could not live more than a few hours. Particulars of the accident could not be learned but it is supposed that it happened while the young man was on duty in the Big Four freight yard, where he was regularly employed to do night work as brakeman. He has been a brakeman on the Big four freight trains for two years past and just recently was transferred to the yards at Champaign. Previous to his railroad experience he was employed as a worker in wood at the Dovetail factory here and in a planing mill at Indianapolis. He is twenty two years old and has always been quiet, industrious and steady. His misfortune is a shock to the entire community where he was raised. . – thanks so very much to “S” for all the typing