George William Phillippo
Sad and Fatal Accident
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
“A SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT (12. 4. PAPER WORK SENT TO CHARLES B. HARPER 129 COTTAGE AVENUE, CHANDLERVILLE, ILL 62627 FROM TERENCE MCCARTHY BLUEMANTLE PURSUIVANT 01-236-2749 & 248-2762 AND THE COLLEGE OF ARMS QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4BT)
OF ALL THE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, THE SADDEST THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO RECORD, OCCURRED IN ONARGA ON TUESDAY LAST. WHEN THE WAY-FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVED AT ONARGA, A LITTLE PAST FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT CUT IN TWO FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING SOME WITCHING, WHEN A MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PHILLIPPO UNDERTOOK TO CROSS THE TRACK WITH A BOARD UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM. HE HAD NEARLY CLEARED THE TRACK, WHEN THE BOARD, WHICH WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE CAR ATTACHED TO THE HIND PART OF THE TRAIN. THE WHEEL RUNNING UPON THE BOARD THREW MR. PHILLIPPO ON THE TRACK AND DIRECTLY UNDER THE WHEELS, THE FIRST WHEEL STRICKING HIM ABOUT THE SHOULDER, CUTTING HIS BODY IN TWO. HIS GARMENTS ADHERING TO THE RUNNING GEAR, SEEMED TO FEED THE BODY TO THE WHEELS UNTIL IT WAS GROUND TO ATOMS, STREWING HIS HEART, LUNGS, LIVER AND OTHER PORTIONS OF HIS BODY FOR FIFTY FEET, PRESENTING ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE SIGHTS EVER WITNESSED IN THAT PLACE. E.C. HAIL, ESQ. SUMMONED A JURY, WHO RETURNED A ERDICT THAT GEORGE PHILLIPPO CAME TO HIS DEATH BY BEING RUN OVER BY TRAIN, NO.7, AND THAT THE TRAIN WAS RUNNING AT A GREATER SPEED THAN ALLOWED BY LAW. THE REMAINS OF MR. PHILLIPPO WERE IMMEDIATELY BURIED. MR. P. WAS A CARPENTER AND JOINER, AND A HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS MAN. HE LEAVES A WIFE AND NINE CHILDREN WHO WERE DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
Onarga Letter reads as follows: “One of the saddest occurrences I have recorded for many days transpired on Monday evening. Mr. Phillippo, an esteemed citizen of our town, attempted to cross the railroad in front of a switching freight train, with something on his shoulder, and was struck and knocked under the train, several cars running over and mulating his body. His heart was found in one place, his head in another, the body terribly cut. His wife has been almost not quite insane since the occurrence.”
Son Henry was with him at the time of the accident
Buried NW Corner Records Located office of Custodian, Onarga Cemetary, Onarga, Illinois, Block One, Lot #39, Deed & Lt Record $10
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
Sad and Fatal Accident
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
“A SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT (12. 4. PAPER WORK SENT TO CHARLES B. HARPER 129 COTTAGE AVENUE, CHANDLERVILLE, ILL 62627 FROM TERENCE MCCARTHY BLUEMANTLE PURSUIVANT 01-236-2749 & 248-2762 AND THE COLLEGE OF ARMS QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4BT)
OF ALL THE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, THE SADDEST THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO RECORD, OCCURRED IN ONARGA ON TUESDAY LAST. WHEN THE WAY-FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVED AT ONARGA, A LITTLE PAST FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT CUT IN TWO FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING SOME WITCHING, WHEN A MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PHILLIPPO UNDERTOOK TO CROSS THE TRACK WITH A BOARD UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM. HE HAD NEARLY CLEARED THE TRACK, WHEN THE BOARD, WHICH WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE CAR ATTACHED TO THE HIND PART OF THE TRAIN. THE WHEEL RUNNING UPON THE BOARD THREW MR. PHILLIPPO ON THE TRACK AND DIRECTLY UNDER THE WHEELS, THE FIRST WHEEL STRICKING HIM ABOUT THE SHOULDER, CUTTING HIS BODY IN TWO. HIS GARMENTS ADHERING TO THE RUNNING GEAR, SEEMED TO FEED THE BODY TO THE WHEELS UNTIL IT WAS GROUND TO ATOMS, STREWING HIS HEART, LUNGS, LIVER AND OTHER PORTIONS OF HIS BODY FOR FIFTY FEET, PRESENTING ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE SIGHTS EVER WITNESSED IN THAT PLACE. E.C. HAIL, ESQ. SUMMONED A JURY, WHO RETURNED A ERDICT THAT GEORGE PHILLIPPO CAME TO HIS DEATH BY BEING RUN OVER BY TRAIN, NO.7, AND THAT THE TRAIN WAS RUNNING AT A GREATER SPEED THAN ALLOWED BY LAW. THE REMAINS OF MR. PHILLIPPO WERE IMMEDIATELY BURIED. MR. P. WAS A CARPENTER AND JOINER, AND A HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS MAN. HE LEAVES A WIFE AND NINE CHILDREN WHO WERE DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
Onarga Letter reads as follows: “One of the saddest occurrences I have recorded for many days transpired on Monday evening. Mr. Phillippo, an esteemed citizen of our town, attempted to cross the railroad in front of a switching freight train, with something on his shoulder, and was struck and knocked under the train, several cars running over and mulating his body. His heart was found in one place, his head in another, the body terribly cut. His wife has been almost not quite insane since the occurrence.”
Son Henry was with him at the time of the accident
Buried NW Corner Records Located office of Custodian, Onarga Cemetary, Onarga, Illinois, Block One, Lot #39, Deed & Lt Record $10
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
George William Phillippo
Sad and Fatal Accident
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
“A SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT (12. 4. PAPER WORK SENT TO CHARLES B. HARPER 129 COTTAGE AVENUE, CHANDLERVILLE, ILL 62627 FROM TERENCE MCCARTHY BLUEMANTLE PURSUIVANT 01-236-2749 & 248-2762 AND THE COLLEGE OF ARMS QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4BT)
OF ALL THE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, THE SADDEST THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO RECORD, OCCURRED IN ONARGA ON TUESDAY LAST. WHEN THE WAY-FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVED AT ONARGA, A LITTLE PAST FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT CUT IN TWO FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING SOME WITCHING, WHEN A MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PHILLIPPO UNDERTOOK TO CROSS THE TRACK WITH A BOARD UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM. HE HAD NEARLY CLEARED THE TRACK, WHEN THE BOARD, WHICH WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE CAR ATTACHED TO THE HIND PART OF THE TRAIN. THE WHEEL RUNNING UPON THE BOARD THREW MR. PHILLIPPO ON THE TRACK AND DIRECTLY UNDER THE WHEELS, THE FIRST WHEEL STRICKING HIM ABOUT THE SHOULDER, CUTTING HIS BODY IN TWO. HIS GARMENTS ADHERING TO THE RUNNING GEAR, SEEMED TO FEED THE BODY TO THE WHEELS UNTIL IT WAS GROUND TO ATOMS, STREWING HIS HEART, LUNGS, LIVER AND OTHER PORTIONS OF HIS BODY FOR FIFTY FEET, PRESENTING ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE SIGHTS EVER WITNESSED IN THAT PLACE. E.C. HAIL, ESQ. SUMMONED A JURY, WHO RETURNED A ERDICT THAT GEORGE PHILLIPPO CAME TO HIS DEATH BY BEING RUN OVER BY TRAIN, NO.7, AND THAT THE TRAIN WAS RUNNING AT A GREATER SPEED THAN ALLOWED BY LAW. THE REMAINS OF MR. PHILLIPPO WERE IMMEDIATELY BURIED. MR. P. WAS A CARPENTER AND JOINER, AND A HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS MAN. HE LEAVES A WIFE AND NINE CHILDREN WHO WERE DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
Onarga Letter reads as follows: “One of the saddest occurrences I have recorded for many days transpired on Monday evening. Mr. Phillippo, an esteemed citizen of our town, attempted to cross the railroad in front of a switching freight train, with something on his shoulder, and was struck and knocked under the train, several cars running over and mulating his body. His heart was found in one place, his head in another, the body terribly cut. His wife has been almost not quite insane since the occurrence.”
Son Henry was with him at the time of the accident
Buried NW Corner Records Located office of Custodian, Onarga Cemetary, Onarga, Illinois, Block One, Lot #39, Deed & Lt Record $10
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
Sad and Fatal Accident
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
“A SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT (12. 4. PAPER WORK SENT TO CHARLES B. HARPER 129 COTTAGE AVENUE, CHANDLERVILLE, ILL 62627 FROM TERENCE MCCARTHY BLUEMANTLE PURSUIVANT 01-236-2749 & 248-2762 AND THE COLLEGE OF ARMS QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4BT)
OF ALL THE RAILROAD ACCIDENTS, THE SADDEST THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLED UPON TO RECORD, OCCURRED IN ONARGA ON TUESDAY LAST. WHEN THE WAY-FREIGHT TRAIN ARRIVED AT ONARGA, A LITTLE PAST FOUR O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, IT CUT IN TWO FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING SOME WITCHING, WHEN A MAN BY THE NAME OF GEORGE PHILLIPPO UNDERTOOK TO CROSS THE TRACK WITH A BOARD UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM. HE HAD NEARLY CLEARED THE TRACK, WHEN THE BOARD, WHICH WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, CAUGHT UNDER THE WHEEL OF THE CAR ATTACHED TO THE HIND PART OF THE TRAIN. THE WHEEL RUNNING UPON THE BOARD THREW MR. PHILLIPPO ON THE TRACK AND DIRECTLY UNDER THE WHEELS, THE FIRST WHEEL STRICKING HIM ABOUT THE SHOULDER, CUTTING HIS BODY IN TWO. HIS GARMENTS ADHERING TO THE RUNNING GEAR, SEEMED TO FEED THE BODY TO THE WHEELS UNTIL IT WAS GROUND TO ATOMS, STREWING HIS HEART, LUNGS, LIVER AND OTHER PORTIONS OF HIS BODY FOR FIFTY FEET, PRESENTING ONE OF THE MOST TERRIBLE SIGHTS EVER WITNESSED IN THAT PLACE. E.C. HAIL, ESQ. SUMMONED A JURY, WHO RETURNED A ERDICT THAT GEORGE PHILLIPPO CAME TO HIS DEATH BY BEING RUN OVER BY TRAIN, NO.7, AND THAT THE TRAIN WAS RUNNING AT A GREATER SPEED THAN ALLOWED BY LAW. THE REMAINS OF MR. PHILLIPPO WERE IMMEDIATELY BURIED. MR. P. WAS A CARPENTER AND JOINER, AND A HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS MAN. HE LEAVES A WIFE AND NINE CHILDREN WHO WERE DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
Onarga Letter reads as follows: “One of the saddest occurrences I have recorded for many days transpired on Monday evening. Mr. Phillippo, an esteemed citizen of our town, attempted to cross the railroad in front of a switching freight train, with something on his shoulder, and was struck and knocked under the train, several cars running over and mulating his body. His heart was found in one place, his head in another, the body terribly cut. His wife has been almost not quite insane since the occurrence.”
Son Henry was with him at the time of the accident
Buried NW Corner Records Located office of Custodian, Onarga Cemetary, Onarga, Illinois, Block One, Lot #39, Deed & Lt Record $10
Posted 13 Dec 2016 by Ka_AnAst
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