Deaths Related to Trains

 

Deaths Related to Trains

The provided obituary collection offers information about several individuals whose deaths are connected to trains, either directly through accidents or indirectly through their professions.

• Herbert Samuel Galford, a 30-year-old brakeman, was killed on January 1, 1943, when he was run over by a log train near Cass, West Virginia. While the exact circumstances are unclear, it is thought that he "had fallen between the cars".

• Clyde Mullens, 47, of Driftwood, Pennsylvania, was struck by a train along with his nephew, Bart Hively, while they were crossing a trestle on May 28, 1981. The obituary doesn't provide further details about the accident.

• Bart Andrew Hively, 21, of Dunmore, died on May 22, 1981, from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a train at Emporium, Pennsylvania. This incident likely refers to the same accident as Clyde Mullens' death, as both obituaries mention being struck by a train alongside their nephew/uncle.

• Gerald Allen Mullaenx, 47, formerly of Pocahontas County, was killed on Thursday, March 20, 1975, in a train accident in Ashtabula, Ohio. No further details about the nature of the accident are provided.

The sources also highlight individuals who worked on the railroad, suggesting that train-related occupations were common in the community:

• Roscoe L. Houchins, who died in 1956, had been employed as a conductor for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for 38 years. His obituary doesn't connect his railway work to his death, which was attributed to a heart attack.

• Rozelle Edgar Burner worked for the Union Pacific Railroad for many years and "had been conductor of passenger trains" before his death in 1950.

While not directly stating they died from a train, John Alden (Jack) Galford's obituary mentions he "was employed by the C&O Railroad" and was driving a truck when fatally injured in 1976. This detail suggests a possible connection between his work on the railroad and the circumstances of the accident, although the obituary doesn't explicitly make that link.

These obituaries highlight the presence of the railroad in the community, both as a source of employment and, unfortunately, as a cause of accidental deaths.