Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1905 — Death of a C. & E. E Engineer: [ARTICLE]

Death of a C. & E. E Engineer:

Goodiand Hera’d: Engineer George Grave, who w<s hurt in C. & E. I. wreck sou’b of Hopkins Park Tuesday o e last week, died at his home in Momence Sa'urday morning. Connect d with this tragedy is one of the si queer twists in human destiny that men marvel at. Tne regular en gineer of this ruu had be-m involv el in a numbir of wrecks this winter, including the one this aide of Brook in which two person? were seriously and several others slightly hurt and in whi.h his engine was thrown clear off the track, but in no oass was Engineer McCann t<» blame fnr the trouble. However, probably imbued with the railroader’s superstition that he was ‘‘boo ioodd,” McCann tjok a layoff and the first run made by bis substitute Graves resulted in the accident which caused his death. Iu the final scene Providence was certainly kind to Engineer McCann.