IRA C. SLAUGHTER

I. C. Slaughter, 21 years old, an employee of the Vinnedge Tea and Coffee Company, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when an automobile truck he was driving was struck by a Houston & Texas Central train at the intersection of the Hutchins road and the H.& T.C. crossing.

The man's head was completely severed from his body and an arm and a leg were cut off. He was dragged approximately 300 feet before the train was stopped. The automobile remained on the engine tender until removed.

According to the statement of a negro who saw the accident, Mr. Slaughter was driving slowly toward the crossing. When he reached the track he either killed his engine or the car stopped for some other reason on the crossing in front of the fast approaching train.

E. H. Way, engineer on the train, who lives at 1513 North Clay Street in Ennis, said that the train was moving about eighteen miles an hour when it approached the crossing. He said he did not see the automobile on the track until the train struck it. Harckle Road, fireman on the train, said he saw the car stop on the track just before the engine reached it, but too late to signal the engineer to stop.

The negro who witnessed the accident, Sam Montgomery of Rosser, was driving a wagon just behind Mr. Slaughter. He said the latter evidently did not see or hear the approaching train, which was going in almost the same direction he was traveling. He said Mr. Slaughter made two attempts to cross the track. The first time the front wheels struck the rails and the machine bounded back into the sand road. The driver then apparently put the machine into low gear, ascended the incline and was squarely on the track when the train crashed into the automobile.

The train consisted of two engines, four cars, and a caboose.

Funeral services will be held from Weiland's chapel at 10:30 o'clock this morning, with burial in Oakland Cemetery.

Dallas News
Transcribed by Carol Moore
01-23-1918
Dallas, Texas
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D. cert: son of Milliard Filmore Slaughter & Sallie E. Mallory.

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I. C. SLAUGHTER
Date Born: [nd]
Date Died: [22 Jan 1918]
Cemetery: Oakland
Stone Type: No Stone
Spouse: A. C. Livingston
Date Buried: 23 Jan 1918
Age: [21 years]
Section: Unknown
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Funeral Home: Chas. F. Weiland FH