Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1887 — A Man Killed at Fair Oaks. [ARTICLE]

A Man Killed at Fair Oaks.

At a very early hour last Tuesday morning Thomas W. Pearce, a wiper in the round houses of the C. <fc I. C. at Fair Oaks, was riding upon the tender of an engine that was runiiing backwards. He jumped off backwards and rolled under the wheels of the tender, which pushed him along the track for some distance, then ran over his left foot, and his right leg its whole length, crushing tliera both in a terrible manner. An engine ran down to this place and carried Drs. Loughridge and Bitters to the scene of the accident, but remedies were unavailiny to rally him from the terrible shock, and seeing that he must die, they did not attempt an amputation of the crushed limbs. He was conscious and rational at the time of the doctors’ visit, but suffered little or no pain. His death occurred at about 9 p. in. of the same day. His age was 31 years, and he leaves ;$> wiser and four young children. His home was at Windthrap, near Attica. Coroner Blue held an inquest yesterday but found no evidence indicating blamable carelessness, upon the part of any person.