According to Saline County, KS Coroner records, George B. Abbott was struck by the engine of passenger train No. 1 of the Union Pacific Railroad about 1 mile east of the depot.
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The Salina Daily Union
Salina, KS
Mon, 16 Mar 1903, page 1
Headline – “AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. George B. Abbott Crushed by an Engine Saturday Night. KILLED AT GEBHART CROSSING. The Victim of Accident Was Driving a Buggy When the 11:45 O’clock Train Crashed into His Rig.”
Summary of the lengthy article.
George B. Abbott lived three miles north of New Cambria, and was instantly killed by the fast passenger train No. 1 at the Gebhart crossing of the Union Pacific, east of Salina at 11:43 on Saturday night. His body was “terribly mutilated.” His right leg and hand were nearly cut off, his left arm broken, and the top and back side of his head was crushed.
The Coroner’s inquest showed that he had come to Salina Saturday morning in a one-horse topped buggy. He had visited several drinking establishments, and it appeared that he was under the influence of liquor. Late in the evening several friends offered to take him home to no avail. More time passed, when he was found by J. G. Fulton, sitting on the steps of a door near a billiard hall. Abbott asked Fulton to have a drink with him, but Fulton refused. Abbott appeared to be quite drunk, so Fulton urged him to go home. Fulton assisted him in putting on his coat and helped Abbott into the buggy. Fulton was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to drive, or would stop and be arrested, so he got into the buggy and drove it across the Santa Fe tracks to where the road turned east toward New Cambria, where he asked if Abbott would be okay from there on. Abbott started out for home.
Fulton started back to the hotel, and soon heard the train whistle, then the sound of what he thought was the train hitting something. He stopped at someone’s house and asked them to go back with him, since he thought it may be Abbott that got hit.
Testimony was given by the train’s engineer, fireman, and conductor.
The coroner’s verdict; “We the coroner’s jury being duly empaneled and under oath, do say according to the testimony given before us in the case of George B. Abbott now lying dead before us on the 15th day of March 1903, that the said George B. Abbott came to his death by being struck by engine of passenger train No. 1 of the Union Pacific railroad, on crossing about one mile east of the Union Pacific depot, and we further find from the testimony given that there is no blame attached to any one connected with the above named railroad company. – A. M. Campbell, foreman, J. D. Wellington, W. G. Simcox, D. A. Van Trine, E. L. Wilder and Frank Barnett, jurors.”
George B. Abbott was 46 years old and powerfully built. He left two children, a son and daughter behind. His wife had died a few years prior. His son was a soldier in the Philippines. His daughter, Miss Pearl Abbot, was a public school teacher in Saline County. He also had a number of brothers, and other relatives in Saline County.
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Further information from page 3 of the same newspaper.
Mrs. Abbott died at Mayfield’s sanatarium [sic] here (Salina?) “a number of years ago.” The son’s name was Payne Abbott who was in the United States Army, stationed at San Francisco. The daughter, Pearl, taught school at Elf Creek, near Brookville.
George Abbott held a $2,000 insurance policy in the Woodmen, and $1,000 in the Pyramids.
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The Salina Daily Union
Salina, KS
Mon, 16 Mar 1903, page 1
Headline – “AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. George B. Abbott Crushed by an Engine Saturday Night. KILLED AT GEBHART CROSSING. The Victim of Accident Was Driving a Buggy When the 11:45 O’clock Train Crashed into His Rig.”
Summary of the lengthy article.
George B. Abbott lived three miles north of New Cambria, and was instantly killed by the fast passenger train No. 1 at the Gebhart crossing of the Union Pacific, east of Salina at 11:43 on Saturday night. His body was “terribly mutilated.” His right leg and hand were nearly cut off, his left arm broken, and the top and back side of his head was crushed.
The Coroner’s inquest showed that he had come to Salina Saturday morning in a one-horse topped buggy. He had visited several drinking establishments, and it appeared that he was under the influence of liquor. Late in the evening several friends offered to take him home to no avail. More time passed, when he was found by J. G. Fulton, sitting on the steps of a door near a billiard hall. Abbott asked Fulton to have a drink with him, but Fulton refused. Abbott appeared to be quite drunk, so Fulton urged him to go home. Fulton assisted him in putting on his coat and helped Abbott into the buggy. Fulton was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to drive, or would stop and be arrested, so he got into the buggy and drove it across the Santa Fe tracks to where the road turned east toward New Cambria, where he asked if Abbott would be okay from there on. Abbott started out for home.
Fulton started back to the hotel, and soon heard the train whistle, then the sound of what he thought was the train hitting something. He stopped at someone’s house and asked them to go back with him, since he thought it may be Abbott that got hit.
Testimony was given by the train’s engineer, fireman, and conductor.
The coroner’s verdict; “We the coroner’s jury being duly empaneled and under oath, do say according to the testimony given before us in the case of George B. Abbott now lying dead before us on the 15th day of March 1903, that the said George B. Abbott came to his death by being struck by engine of passenger train No. 1 of the Union Pacific railroad, on crossing about one mile east of the Union Pacific depot, and we further find from the testimony given that there is no blame attached to any one connected with the above named railroad company. – A. M. Campbell, foreman, J. D. Wellington, W. G. Simcox, D. A. Van Trine, E. L. Wilder and Frank Barnett, jurors.”
George B. Abbott was 46 years old and powerfully built. He left two children, a son and daughter behind. His wife had died a few years prior. His son was a soldier in the Philippines. His daughter, Miss Pearl Abbot, was a public school teacher in Saline County. He also had a number of brothers, and other relatives in Saline County.
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Further information from page 3 of the same newspaper.
Mrs. Abbott died at Mayfield’s sanatarium [sic] here (Salina?) “a number of years ago.” The son’s name was Payne Abbott who was in the United States Army, stationed at San Francisco. The daughter, Pearl, taught school at Elf Creek, near Brookville.
George Abbott held a $2,000 insurance policy in the Woodmen, and $1,000 in the Pyramids.
According to Saline County, KS Coroner records, George B. Abbott was struck by the engine of passenger train No. 1 of the Union Pacific Railroad about 1 mile east of the depot.
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The Salina Daily Union
Salina, KS
Mon, 16 Mar 1903, page 1
Headline – “AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. George B. Abbott Crushed by an Engine Saturday Night. KILLED AT GEBHART CROSSING. The Victim of Accident Was Driving a Buggy When the 11:45 O’clock Train Crashed into His Rig.”
Summary of the lengthy article.
George B. Abbott lived three miles north of New Cambria, and was instantly killed by the fast passenger train No. 1 at the Gebhart crossing of the Union Pacific, east of Salina at 11:43 on Saturday night. His body was “terribly mutilated.” His right leg and hand were nearly cut off, his left arm broken, and the top and back side of his head was crushed.
The Coroner’s inquest showed that he had come to Salina Saturday morning in a one-horse topped buggy. He had visited several drinking establishments, and it appeared that he was under the influence of liquor. Late in the evening several friends offered to take him home to no avail. More time passed, when he was found by J. G. Fulton, sitting on the steps of a door near a billiard hall. Abbott asked Fulton to have a drink with him, but Fulton refused. Abbott appeared to be quite drunk, so Fulton urged him to go home. Fulton assisted him in putting on his coat and helped Abbott into the buggy. Fulton was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to drive, or would stop and be arrested, so he got into the buggy and drove it across the Santa Fe tracks to where the road turned east toward New Cambria, where he asked if Abbott would be okay from there on. Abbott started out for home.
Fulton started back to the hotel, and soon heard the train whistle, then the sound of what he thought was the train hitting something. He stopped at someone’s house and asked them to go back with him, since he thought it may be Abbott that got hit.
Testimony was given by the train’s engineer, fireman, and conductor.
The coroner’s verdict; “We the coroner’s jury being duly empaneled and under oath, do say according to the testimony given before us in the case of George B. Abbott now lying dead before us on the 15th day of March 1903, that the said George B. Abbott came to his death by being struck by engine of passenger train No. 1 of the Union Pacific railroad, on crossing about one mile east of the Union Pacific depot, and we further find from the testimony given that there is no blame attached to any one connected with the above named railroad company. – A. M. Campbell, foreman, J. D. Wellington, W. G. Simcox, D. A. Van Trine, E. L. Wilder and Frank Barnett, jurors.”
George B. Abbott was 46 years old and powerfully built. He left two children, a son and daughter behind. His wife had died a few years prior. His son was a soldier in the Philippines. His daughter, Miss Pearl Abbot, was a public school teacher in Saline County. He also had a number of brothers, and other relatives in Saline County.
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Further information from page 3 of the same newspaper.
Mrs. Abbott died at Mayfield’s sanatarium [sic] here (Salina?) “a number of years ago.” The son’s name was Payne Abbott who was in the United States Army, stationed at San Francisco. The daughter, Pearl, taught school at Elf Creek, near Brookville.
George Abbott held a $2,000 insurance policy in the Woodmen, and $1,000 in the Pyramids.
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The Salina Daily Union
Salina, KS
Mon, 16 Mar 1903, page 1
Headline – “AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. George B. Abbott Crushed by an Engine Saturday Night. KILLED AT GEBHART CROSSING. The Victim of Accident Was Driving a Buggy When the 11:45 O’clock Train Crashed into His Rig.”
Summary of the lengthy article.
George B. Abbott lived three miles north of New Cambria, and was instantly killed by the fast passenger train No. 1 at the Gebhart crossing of the Union Pacific, east of Salina at 11:43 on Saturday night. His body was “terribly mutilated.” His right leg and hand were nearly cut off, his left arm broken, and the top and back side of his head was crushed.
The Coroner’s inquest showed that he had come to Salina Saturday morning in a one-horse topped buggy. He had visited several drinking establishments, and it appeared that he was under the influence of liquor. Late in the evening several friends offered to take him home to no avail. More time passed, when he was found by J. G. Fulton, sitting on the steps of a door near a billiard hall. Abbott asked Fulton to have a drink with him, but Fulton refused. Abbott appeared to be quite drunk, so Fulton urged him to go home. Fulton assisted him in putting on his coat and helped Abbott into the buggy. Fulton was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to drive, or would stop and be arrested, so he got into the buggy and drove it across the Santa Fe tracks to where the road turned east toward New Cambria, where he asked if Abbott would be okay from there on. Abbott started out for home.
Fulton started back to the hotel, and soon heard the train whistle, then the sound of what he thought was the train hitting something. He stopped at someone’s house and asked them to go back with him, since he thought it may be Abbott that got hit.
Testimony was given by the train’s engineer, fireman, and conductor.
The coroner’s verdict; “We the coroner’s jury being duly empaneled and under oath, do say according to the testimony given before us in the case of George B. Abbott now lying dead before us on the 15th day of March 1903, that the said George B. Abbott came to his death by being struck by engine of passenger train No. 1 of the Union Pacific railroad, on crossing about one mile east of the Union Pacific depot, and we further find from the testimony given that there is no blame attached to any one connected with the above named railroad company. – A. M. Campbell, foreman, J. D. Wellington, W. G. Simcox, D. A. Van Trine, E. L. Wilder and Frank Barnett, jurors.”
George B. Abbott was 46 years old and powerfully built. He left two children, a son and daughter behind. His wife had died a few years prior. His son was a soldier in the Philippines. His daughter, Miss Pearl Abbot, was a public school teacher in Saline County. He also had a number of brothers, and other relatives in Saline County.
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Further information from page 3 of the same newspaper.
Mrs. Abbott died at Mayfield’s sanatarium [sic] here (Salina?) “a number of years ago.” The son’s name was Payne Abbott who was in the United States Army, stationed at San Francisco. The daughter, Pearl, taught school at Elf Creek, near Brookville.
George Abbott held a $2,000 insurance policy in the Woodmen, and $1,000 in the Pyramids.
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