Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Aucoin, Felicien - November 7, 1900
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source: The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, November 10, 1900, Image 1

A Terrible Death.

Crushed Beneath Car Wheels.

Left Home Hale and Hearty in the Early Morning. 

A Little Later the Mangled Remains Were Returned.

The People of this place were shocked on last Thursday morning at learning 
of the terrible death which overtook the venerable Mr. Felecian (sic) 
Aucoin. At an early hour in the morning his mangled remains were discovered 
upon the Southern Pacific Railroad track, near the corner of Washington and 
Corinne streets.. He had been run over by a train.

There is very little that could be learned of the affair; there seems to 
have been no witnesses to the tragedy.

Mr. Aucoin left his home early in the morning at a few minutes before 5 
o'clock and evideutly (sic) proceeded at once towards the Blanchet & Roy 
lumber yards. He must have attempted to cross the tracks ahead of a train, 
possibly in the uncertain light stumbled and fell, and before he could 
regain his feet the train was upon him. The wheels passed over his upper 
chest, severing his head from his body. His remains were discovered shortly 
after the accident and were taken to his home. It was a terrible shock to 
the family, they having had no warning.

Mr. Aucoin came to this section many years ago from the Lafourche country, 
and made his home here. He was a contractor and builder and was widely 
known. He was an active and energetic man and showed but little waning of 
his powers, notwithstanding the weight of many years upon his shoulders.

The sympathies of this community go forth to the family in their 
bereavement.


source: New Iberia Enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, November 10, 
1900, Image 3

On Thursday morning last, between the hours of 4:30 aud (sic) 5 o'clock, the 
venerable carpenter, Mr. Felicien Aucoin, aged 74 years, left his residence 
with his saw and hatchet in hand, to go to his work. About an hour later his 
mangled and mutilated remains were found on the railway tracks near the 
depot, having been run over by one of the several trains operating over the 
tracks that morning. The numerous accidents occurring of late over the 
Southern Pacific Railroad in this vicinity would seem to indicate a degree 
of carelessness fhat (sic) is inexcusable. From the fact that the trainmen 
guilty of the killing of Mr. Aucoin conceal their identity, inasmuch as it 
has not developed by which train he was killed, there seems to be criminal 
negligence on the part of some of these railway employees. In an unavoidable 
accident of this kind, there can be no motive for concealment.


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