Clifford P. Rouse death, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan Copyright (c) 2000 by Chi Rouse. This copy contributed for use in the MIGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/kent/grandrapids/deaths/r20013.tx t This retyped version donated by Chi Rouse at: AislynHaze@aol.com Clifford P. Rouse accident in the Grand Rapids Evening Post April 10, 1905. HE FELL FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN --------------------------- Clifford Rouse, Pere Marquette Brakeman, Horribly Hurt. --------------------------- BOTH LEGS CUT OFF --------------------------- Hands Both Mangled So That Amputation Was Necessary---Recovery Is Doubtful. --------------------------- Clifford P. Rouse, a Pere Marquette brakeman, 24 years old, and residing at 25 Rural street, was taken from the Union Depot by the police ambulance to Butterworth hospital at 4:30 that morning. He was attended by Dr. R H. Spencer. Rouse suffered terrible injuries to both feet and hands, which were badle mangled in a peculiar way. Rouse was on an incoming freight train, and when near Baldwin met with the accident, he was on top of a car walking toward the rear of the train, when a gust of wind blew his overcoat around his lantern, and in the darkness he fell off the car. At the hospital one leg was amputated above the knee and on the other just above the ankle. His hands were also horribly mangled, it being necessary to amputate nearly all of the left and a part of the right. He came off the operating table in good shape but at 11 o'clock he began to sink and died at 1:15 this afternoon. Notes on this Newspaper article: The address in this clipping is incorrect, the actual street address is 22 Rural Road, which over the years has become 449 Glenwood. I retyped the clipping so it could be read, the microfilm was in pretty bad shape and had lines through it. Clifford P. Rouse accident in The Grand Rapids Herald April 11, 1905. AWFUL INJURIES RESULT IN DEATH ------------------------ Brakeman Clifford Rouse Sustains Loss of Both Legs and Both Hands Under Wheels. ------------------------ Special of The Grand Rapids Herald. BALDWIN, Mich. April 10-Clifford Rouse of Grand Rapids, brakeman on freight No. 50, met with a terrible accident at 1 o'clock this morning. While walking on the cars his rain coat was blown by the wind about his lantern and in the darkness he stepped between instead of across two cars falling on the track. The train passed over him severing both feet and crushing his hands. One eye coming in contact with a bolt, was also pushed partly out of the socket. Young Rouse is a son of Conductor Rouse running on a Pere Marquette passenger train between Grand Rapids and Petoskey. The unfortunate young man was sent home today in a conscious condition realizing his terrible misfortune. Died Yesterday Afternoon. Clifford P. Rouse died about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Butterworth hospital, to which he was taken upon the arrival of the train in this city at 4:45 a.m. He was operated upon by Dr. R. H. Spencer, who found it necessary to amputate both legs, the right just below the knee and the left just above the ankle. Three fingers were amputated from his left hand and the first two fingers were removed from his right. Rouse was unmarried. He was a son of Conductor Rouse and resided at No. 22 Rural street. The funeral will be held from O'Brien's undertaking parlors Wednesday afternoon. Notes on this Newspaper article: The street address is 22 Rural street, which over the years has become 449 Glenwood. He was 24 years old. I retyped the clipping so it could be read, the microfilm was in pretty bad shape and had lines through it. Clifford P. Rouse funeral notice to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen In The Grand Rapids Herald. Dated April 11, 1905. Trainmen Will Attend. A meeting of the officers of the local branch of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was held last evening for the purpose of arranging for the funeral of Clifford Rouse, who was fatally injured at Baldwin yesterday morning and died later at Butterworth hospital. It was decided to attend the funeral in a body. The services will be held at O'Brien Brothers' Chapel Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial at Fairplains. All trainmen are requested to be present.