Marriage: February 5, 1903 - Shelby County, Indiana
The Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana
Monday Evening, January 13, 1919
ONE IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT CROSSING
Ernest Gahimer, Age 34, Loses Life
and Son Guy, Age 12. Probably
Fatally Hurt Sunday
CAR HIT BY C. I. & W. TRAIN
Mrs. Gahimer, Two Children and Father, John A. Smith, Escape Injury in Mishap
VIEW OF TRACK IS OBSCURED
Young Farmer Sustains Broken Neck and Arm And Crushed Skull-Boy's Skull Fractured
Ernest Gahimer, age thirty-four years, living three miles southeast of Arlington, was instantly killed and his son Guy, age twelve years, was probably fatally injured Sunday morning about 11 o'clock when Gahimer's machine was hit by an
eastbound C.I. & W passenger train at the crossing in Arlington just west of the C. I. & W. station.
Mrs. Gahimer and two other children, Irene, age sixteen years, and Hubert, age eight years, together with Mrs. Gahimer’s father, John A. Smith, age fifty-eight years, living southwest of Rushville were riding in the car but escaped with a few
slight bruises. The automobile was starting across the track, going north, when
the engine struck it, turning it almost completely around and throwing the six people out in a heap on the ground only a few feet away. Guy Gahimer can not live, in the opinion of physician who saw him, because he suffered a blow in the back of his head, on the right side, which caused a fracture at the base of the skull He was bleeding at the ears when taken to Dr. A. G. Shucks office in Arlington. Dr. J. G. Sexton was called from Rushville and performed an operation and the boy was then removed to his home.
Ernest Gahimer sustained a crushed skull, his neck and right arm were broken and his left shoulder and other parts of his body were bruised. His body was removed to the home of Elmer Hutchison in Arlington and later to the home of his sister, Mrs. Craig in Manilla. The funeral service will be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
at her home and burial in the Manilla cemetery.
Gahimer apparently was hit by the driver of the engine, he received a blow on the top of the head which crushed his skull and broke his neck, causing instant death. It
was the opinion of Engineer Spencer of the passenger train that Gahimer was hit by the engine driver. Spencer said that the engine was only fifty feet from the crossing when the automobile was driven onto the railroad track. The view of the track from the west is obscured by a building belonging
to Elmer Hutchison, which stands close to the C. I. & W. railroad on the south and on the west side of the highway. The C. I. & W. agent at Arlington says the crossing signal bell was ringing and that the engineer whistled for the crossing. He states that he was just in the act of reporting the train going through Arlington
when he heard the crash and saw a cap lying on the ground along the track in front of the station. By the time he got out of the station, the occupants of the automobile
who had not been hurt, were getting up off the ground. The curtains were on the Gahimer machine, which together with the noise of the car's engine prevented them from hearing the approaching train. The automobile was riddled. Those who viewed the wreckage yesterday afternoon wondered how anyone got off the car alive. The engine was torn off, the top caved in and both wheels on the left side crushed. The left side of the body was bent and twisted. The machine was hurled
not more than ten or fifteen feet and was headed southwest.
Gahimer was driving the automobile and his father-in-law and son Guy were riding in the front seat with him. Mrs. Gahimer and the their two children were in the back seat.
The eastbound passenger which hit the machine is due at Arlington at 11o'clock and at Rushville at 1:23. It does not stop at Arlington and was running eight or nine mintes late because of having lost time while taking a siding west of Arlington to meet the westbound passenger.
Dr. John M. Leo, Rush county coroner, was called at once and conducted an inquest in the C. I. & W. station. The crossing where the accident occurred is a dangerous site because of the position of the building on the west side of the street. The view from the east is better because the C. I. &W. station sits back from the street about fifty feet. According to residents of Arlington, only one other accident has occurred, there, and that was many years ago when a small girl named Ball was hit by a train and killed while walking across the track.
Gahimer lived on the Raymer farm three miles southeast of Arlington and is survived by the widow and the three children. Mert Talbert, who is well known
in Rushville, was the conductor on the passenger train.
The Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana
Monday Evening, January 13, 1919
ONE IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT CROSSING
Ernest Gahimer, Age 34, Loses Life
and Son Guy, Age 12. Probably
Fatally Hurt Sunday
CAR HIT BY C. I. & W. TRAIN
Mrs. Gahimer, Two Children and Father, John A. Smith, Escape Injury in Mishap
VIEW OF TRACK IS OBSCURED
Young Farmer Sustains Broken Neck and Arm And Crushed Skull-Boy's Skull Fractured
Ernest Gahimer, age thirty-four years, living three miles southeast of Arlington, was instantly killed and his son Guy, age twelve years, was probably fatally injured Sunday morning about 11 o'clock when Gahimer's machine was hit by an
eastbound C.I. & W passenger train at the crossing in Arlington just west of the C. I. & W. station.
Mrs. Gahimer and two other children, Irene, age sixteen years, and Hubert, age eight years, together with Mrs. Gahimer’s father, John A. Smith, age fifty-eight years, living southwest of Rushville were riding in the car but escaped with a few
slight bruises. The automobile was starting across the track, going north, when
the engine struck it, turning it almost completely around and throwing the six people out in a heap on the ground only a few feet away. Guy Gahimer can not live, in the opinion of physician who saw him, because he suffered a blow in the back of his head, on the right side, which caused a fracture at the base of the skull He was bleeding at the ears when taken to Dr. A. G. Shucks office in Arlington. Dr. J. G. Sexton was called from Rushville and performed an operation and the boy was then removed to his home.
Ernest Gahimer sustained a crushed skull, his neck and right arm were broken and his left shoulder and other parts of his body were bruised. His body was removed to the home of Elmer Hutchison in Arlington and later to the home of his sister, Mrs. Craig in Manilla. The funeral service will be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
at her home and burial in the Manilla cemetery.
Gahimer apparently was hit by the driver of the engine, he received a blow on the top of the head which crushed his skull and broke his neck, causing instant death. It
was the opinion of Engineer Spencer of the passenger train that Gahimer was hit by the engine driver. Spencer said that the engine was only fifty feet from the crossing when the automobile was driven onto the railroad track. The view of the track from the west is obscured by a building belonging
to Elmer Hutchison, which stands close to the C. I. & W. railroad on the south and on the west side of the highway. The C. I. & W. agent at Arlington says the crossing signal bell was ringing and that the engineer whistled for the crossing. He states that he was just in the act of reporting the train going through Arlington
when he heard the crash and saw a cap lying on the ground along the track in front of the station. By the time he got out of the station, the occupants of the automobile
who had not been hurt, were getting up off the ground. The curtains were on the Gahimer machine, which together with the noise of the car's engine prevented them from hearing the approaching train. The automobile was riddled. Those who viewed the wreckage yesterday afternoon wondered how anyone got off the car alive. The engine was torn off, the top caved in and both wheels on the left side crushed. The left side of the body was bent and twisted. The machine was hurled
not more than ten or fifteen feet and was headed southwest.
Gahimer was driving the automobile and his father-in-law and son Guy were riding in the front seat with him. Mrs. Gahimer and the their two children were in the back seat.
The eastbound passenger which hit the machine is due at Arlington at 11o'clock and at Rushville at 1:23. It does not stop at Arlington and was running eight or nine mintes late because of having lost time while taking a siding west of Arlington to meet the westbound passenger.
Dr. John M. Leo, Rush county coroner, was called at once and conducted an inquest in the C. I. & W. station. The crossing where the accident occurred is a dangerous site because of the position of the building on the west side of the street. The view from the east is better because the C. I. &W. station sits back from the street about fifty feet. According to residents of Arlington, only one other accident has occurred, there, and that was many years ago when a small girl named Ball was hit by a train and killed while walking across the track.
Gahimer lived on the Raymer farm three miles southeast of Arlington and is survived by the widow and the three children. Mert Talbert, who is well known
in Rushville, was the conductor on the passenger train.
Marriage: February 5, 1903 - Shelby County, Indiana
The Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana
Monday Evening, January 13, 1919
ONE IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT CROSSING
Ernest Gahimer, Age 34, Loses Life
and Son Guy, Age 12. Probably
Fatally Hurt Sunday
CAR HIT BY C. I. & W. TRAIN
Mrs. Gahimer, Two Children and Father, John A. Smith, Escape Injury in Mishap
VIEW OF TRACK IS OBSCURED
Young Farmer Sustains Broken Neck and Arm And Crushed Skull-Boy's Skull Fractured
Ernest Gahimer, age thirty-four years, living three miles southeast of Arlington, was instantly killed and his son Guy, age twelve years, was probably fatally injured Sunday morning about 11 o'clock when Gahimer's machine was hit by an
eastbound C.I. & W passenger train at the crossing in Arlington just west of the C. I. & W. station.
Mrs. Gahimer and two other children, Irene, age sixteen years, and Hubert, age eight years, together with Mrs. Gahimer’s father, John A. Smith, age fifty-eight years, living southwest of Rushville were riding in the car but escaped with a few
slight bruises. The automobile was starting across the track, going north, when
the engine struck it, turning it almost completely around and throwing the six people out in a heap on the ground only a few feet away. Guy Gahimer can not live, in the opinion of physician who saw him, because he suffered a blow in the back of his head, on the right side, which caused a fracture at the base of the skull He was bleeding at the ears when taken to Dr. A. G. Shucks office in Arlington. Dr. J. G. Sexton was called from Rushville and performed an operation and the boy was then removed to his home.
Ernest Gahimer sustained a crushed skull, his neck and right arm were broken and his left shoulder and other parts of his body were bruised. His body was removed to the home of Elmer Hutchison in Arlington and later to the home of his sister, Mrs. Craig in Manilla. The funeral service will be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
at her home and burial in the Manilla cemetery.
Gahimer apparently was hit by the driver of the engine, he received a blow on the top of the head which crushed his skull and broke his neck, causing instant death. It
was the opinion of Engineer Spencer of the passenger train that Gahimer was hit by the engine driver. Spencer said that the engine was only fifty feet from the crossing when the automobile was driven onto the railroad track. The view of the track from the west is obscured by a building belonging
to Elmer Hutchison, which stands close to the C. I. & W. railroad on the south and on the west side of the highway. The C. I. & W. agent at Arlington says the crossing signal bell was ringing and that the engineer whistled for the crossing. He states that he was just in the act of reporting the train going through Arlington
when he heard the crash and saw a cap lying on the ground along the track in front of the station. By the time he got out of the station, the occupants of the automobile
who had not been hurt, were getting up off the ground. The curtains were on the Gahimer machine, which together with the noise of the car's engine prevented them from hearing the approaching train. The automobile was riddled. Those who viewed the wreckage yesterday afternoon wondered how anyone got off the car alive. The engine was torn off, the top caved in and both wheels on the left side crushed. The left side of the body was bent and twisted. The machine was hurled
not more than ten or fifteen feet and was headed southwest.
Gahimer was driving the automobile and his father-in-law and son Guy were riding in the front seat with him. Mrs. Gahimer and the their two children were in the back seat.
The eastbound passenger which hit the machine is due at Arlington at 11o'clock and at Rushville at 1:23. It does not stop at Arlington and was running eight or nine mintes late because of having lost time while taking a siding west of Arlington to meet the westbound passenger.
Dr. John M. Leo, Rush county coroner, was called at once and conducted an inquest in the C. I. & W. station. The crossing where the accident occurred is a dangerous site because of the position of the building on the west side of the street. The view from the east is better because the C. I. &W. station sits back from the street about fifty feet. According to residents of Arlington, only one other accident has occurred, there, and that was many years ago when a small girl named Ball was hit by a train and killed while walking across the track.
Gahimer lived on the Raymer farm three miles southeast of Arlington and is survived by the widow and the three children. Mert Talbert, who is well known
in Rushville, was the conductor on the passenger train.
The Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana
Monday Evening, January 13, 1919
ONE IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT AT CROSSING
Ernest Gahimer, Age 34, Loses Life
and Son Guy, Age 12. Probably
Fatally Hurt Sunday
CAR HIT BY C. I. & W. TRAIN
Mrs. Gahimer, Two Children and Father, John A. Smith, Escape Injury in Mishap
VIEW OF TRACK IS OBSCURED
Young Farmer Sustains Broken Neck and Arm And Crushed Skull-Boy's Skull Fractured
Ernest Gahimer, age thirty-four years, living three miles southeast of Arlington, was instantly killed and his son Guy, age twelve years, was probably fatally injured Sunday morning about 11 o'clock when Gahimer's machine was hit by an
eastbound C.I. & W passenger train at the crossing in Arlington just west of the C. I. & W. station.
Mrs. Gahimer and two other children, Irene, age sixteen years, and Hubert, age eight years, together with Mrs. Gahimer’s father, John A. Smith, age fifty-eight years, living southwest of Rushville were riding in the car but escaped with a few
slight bruises. The automobile was starting across the track, going north, when
the engine struck it, turning it almost completely around and throwing the six people out in a heap on the ground only a few feet away. Guy Gahimer can not live, in the opinion of physician who saw him, because he suffered a blow in the back of his head, on the right side, which caused a fracture at the base of the skull He was bleeding at the ears when taken to Dr. A. G. Shucks office in Arlington. Dr. J. G. Sexton was called from Rushville and performed an operation and the boy was then removed to his home.
Ernest Gahimer sustained a crushed skull, his neck and right arm were broken and his left shoulder and other parts of his body were bruised. His body was removed to the home of Elmer Hutchison in Arlington and later to the home of his sister, Mrs. Craig in Manilla. The funeral service will be tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
at her home and burial in the Manilla cemetery.
Gahimer apparently was hit by the driver of the engine, he received a blow on the top of the head which crushed his skull and broke his neck, causing instant death. It
was the opinion of Engineer Spencer of the passenger train that Gahimer was hit by the engine driver. Spencer said that the engine was only fifty feet from the crossing when the automobile was driven onto the railroad track. The view of the track from the west is obscured by a building belonging
to Elmer Hutchison, which stands close to the C. I. & W. railroad on the south and on the west side of the highway. The C. I. & W. agent at Arlington says the crossing signal bell was ringing and that the engineer whistled for the crossing. He states that he was just in the act of reporting the train going through Arlington
when he heard the crash and saw a cap lying on the ground along the track in front of the station. By the time he got out of the station, the occupants of the automobile
who had not been hurt, were getting up off the ground. The curtains were on the Gahimer machine, which together with the noise of the car's engine prevented them from hearing the approaching train. The automobile was riddled. Those who viewed the wreckage yesterday afternoon wondered how anyone got off the car alive. The engine was torn off, the top caved in and both wheels on the left side crushed. The left side of the body was bent and twisted. The machine was hurled
not more than ten or fifteen feet and was headed southwest.
Gahimer was driving the automobile and his father-in-law and son Guy were riding in the front seat with him. Mrs. Gahimer and the their two children were in the back seat.
The eastbound passenger which hit the machine is due at Arlington at 11o'clock and at Rushville at 1:23. It does not stop at Arlington and was running eight or nine mintes late because of having lost time while taking a siding west of Arlington to meet the westbound passenger.
Dr. John M. Leo, Rush county coroner, was called at once and conducted an inquest in the C. I. & W. station. The crossing where the accident occurred is a dangerous site because of the position of the building on the west side of the street. The view from the east is better because the C. I. &W. station sits back from the street about fifty feet. According to residents of Arlington, only one other accident has occurred, there, and that was many years ago when a small girl named Ball was hit by a train and killed while walking across the track.
Gahimer lived on the Raymer farm three miles southeast of Arlington and is survived by the widow and the three children. Mert Talbert, who is well known
in Rushville, was the conductor on the passenger train.
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