Walter was killed in a train accident. He was a brakeman on the train and while working was killed in Umatilla County Oregon, his home was in Walla Walla.
Walla Walla Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
Dead and Wounded
Last Saturday's wreck, on that illfated Pendleton division, which occurred near Downing Siding, caused the death of Walter Short, and severely wounded Edward Berry, both brakemen on a freight train. It's superfluous to tell how the accident happened, for the poor man is dead, and now in his grave, leaving a wife and one child to mourn, him. hHs parents, in early days, lived at Vancouver, and were at one time wealthy. Mr. Short had one child by his first wife, but none by the one who weeps, because he is no more. The wounded man is now in St. Mary's Hospital, and his recovery is doubtful. It seems in passing a sharp curve and going at an unusual speed, a few cars jumped the track. Then Short and Berry jumped, and when picked up, one was dead and the other badly wounded. Maybe they would have done better if they had stayed, but it cases of the kind, where death stares one suddenly in the face without the slightest warning, one hardly knows how to act and wether to make a leap for life or hold on and stay with the wreck.
Coroner Keylor summoned a jury, who, after examining sundry witnesses, returned a verdict in accordance with the case herein briefly narrated.
Walla Wala Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
On last Saturday's smash-up on the Pendleton line, nine cars of stock were picked up at Adams on the trip. Shortly after leaving Weston, the second car from the engine jumped the track, followed by all these cars of stock. The caboose with its load of passengers luckly stayed with the track, but Walter Short, a brakeman, was killed and Berry, wounded, from the effects of which he may die any day.
Walla Walla Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
Dead and Wounded
Last Saturday's wreck, on that illfated Pendleton division, which occurred near Downing Siding, caused the death of Walter Short, and severely wounded Edward Berry, both brakemen on a freight train. It's superfluous to tell how the accident happened, for the poor man is dead, and now in his grave, leaving a wife and one child to mourn, him. hHs parents, in early days, lived at Vancouver, and were at one time wealthy. Mr. Short had one child by his first wife, but none by the one who weeps, because he is no more. The wounded man is now in St. Mary's Hospital, and his recovery is doubtful. It seems in passing a sharp curve and going at an unusual speed, a few cars jumped the track. Then Short and Berry jumped, and when picked up, one was dead and the other badly wounded. Maybe they would have done better if they had stayed, but it cases of the kind, where death stares one suddenly in the face without the slightest warning, one hardly knows how to act and wether to make a leap for life or hold on and stay with the wreck.
Coroner Keylor summoned a jury, who, after examining sundry witnesses, returned a verdict in accordance with the case herein briefly narrated.
Walla Wala Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
On last Saturday's smash-up on the Pendleton line, nine cars of stock were picked up at Adams on the trip. Shortly after leaving Weston, the second car from the engine jumped the track, followed by all these cars of stock. The caboose with its load of passengers luckly stayed with the track, but Walter Short, a brakeman, was killed and Berry, wounded, from the effects of which he may die any day.
Walter was killed in a train accident. He was a brakeman on the train and while working was killed in Umatilla County Oregon, his home was in Walla Walla.
Walla Walla Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
Dead and Wounded
Last Saturday's wreck, on that illfated Pendleton division, which occurred near Downing Siding, caused the death of Walter Short, and severely wounded Edward Berry, both brakemen on a freight train. It's superfluous to tell how the accident happened, for the poor man is dead, and now in his grave, leaving a wife and one child to mourn, him. hHs parents, in early days, lived at Vancouver, and were at one time wealthy. Mr. Short had one child by his first wife, but none by the one who weeps, because he is no more. The wounded man is now in St. Mary's Hospital, and his recovery is doubtful. It seems in passing a sharp curve and going at an unusual speed, a few cars jumped the track. Then Short and Berry jumped, and when picked up, one was dead and the other badly wounded. Maybe they would have done better if they had stayed, but it cases of the kind, where death stares one suddenly in the face without the slightest warning, one hardly knows how to act and wether to make a leap for life or hold on and stay with the wreck.
Coroner Keylor summoned a jury, who, after examining sundry witnesses, returned a verdict in accordance with the case herein briefly narrated.
Walla Wala Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
On last Saturday's smash-up on the Pendleton line, nine cars of stock were picked up at Adams on the trip. Shortly after leaving Weston, the second car from the engine jumped the track, followed by all these cars of stock. The caboose with its load of passengers luckly stayed with the track, but Walter Short, a brakeman, was killed and Berry, wounded, from the effects of which he may die any day.
Walla Walla Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
Dead and Wounded
Last Saturday's wreck, on that illfated Pendleton division, which occurred near Downing Siding, caused the death of Walter Short, and severely wounded Edward Berry, both brakemen on a freight train. It's superfluous to tell how the accident happened, for the poor man is dead, and now in his grave, leaving a wife and one child to mourn, him. hHs parents, in early days, lived at Vancouver, and were at one time wealthy. Mr. Short had one child by his first wife, but none by the one who weeps, because he is no more. The wounded man is now in St. Mary's Hospital, and his recovery is doubtful. It seems in passing a sharp curve and going at an unusual speed, a few cars jumped the track. Then Short and Berry jumped, and when picked up, one was dead and the other badly wounded. Maybe they would have done better if they had stayed, but it cases of the kind, where death stares one suddenly in the face without the slightest warning, one hardly knows how to act and wether to make a leap for life or hold on and stay with the wreck.
Coroner Keylor summoned a jury, who, after examining sundry witnesses, returned a verdict in accordance with the case herein briefly narrated.
Walla Wala Daily Journal - August 27, 1888 - pg 3
On last Saturday's smash-up on the Pendleton line, nine cars of stock were picked up at Adams on the trip. Shortly after leaving Weston, the second car from the engine jumped the track, followed by all these cars of stock. The caboose with its load of passengers luckly stayed with the track, but Walter Short, a brakeman, was killed and Berry, wounded, from the effects of which he may die any day.
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