Harris County GaArchives News.....78 Year Old Man Looses Both Legs November 8, 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Catherine Reuther creuther@yahoo.com July 11, 2007, 7:43 am Columbus Ledger November 8, 1905 From the Columbus Ledger, Columbus, GA 8 November 1905, page 1 78 YEAR OLD MAN LOOSES BOTH LEGS Col. A. S. Ellison, of Harris County, Run Over by a Train STANDING SIDE OF TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN HIT HIM Drawn Under Engine and One Leg Completely Severed from Body – Other One Hung by Mere Thread of Flesh – At the City Hospital Col. A. S. Ellison, one of the most prominent men of Harris county, and a man of seventy-eight years of age, was this morning run down by a Southern train at Ellerslie, Ga., and both legs cut off just above the ankle. The injured man was given immediate attention after which he was brought to Columbus to the city hospital. Crowd at Depot Dangerous There was a large crowd of people at the depot this morning at Ellerslie when the Southern train from Atlanta to Columbus arrived. As the train was slowing down for the station, the crowd pushed . . . . to board it for Columbus where a large number were going to attend the Fall Festival. Col. Ellison was standing on the upper edge of the crown, walking towards the train. He did not guage its speed properly as before he knew it the train was upon him and his extreme age prevented his being able to jump from in front of the train which drew him under it and cut off his legs. Physicians Called Two physicians were called to attend Col. Ellison, whose daughter also ran to the train and accompanied him to Columbus where physicians who had been notified by wire of the accident were waiting with an ambulance for the train, which arrived but a half hour late, the time it had waited at Ellerslie after the accident. Report at Two O’Clock At the hour of going to press this afternoon the attending physicians reported Col. Ellison to be resting as well as could be expected. His extreme age is a great handicap to his recovery, and it is thought the injuries will prove fatal. Col. Ellison Prominent Man Col. A. S. Ellison is a prominent and wealthy planter of Harris county, while he is well known all over the state of Georgia. He has had for many years business interests in Columbus, and his friends here were shocked this morning to learn of the accident. Additional Comments: Adger S Ellison (1827-1911) spent several weeks in the hospital and returned home just after Christmas 1905. He lived several more years. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/harris/newspapers/78yearol2315gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb