Box Butte County NeArchives Deaths.....Massie, Newton R November 7, 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 February 26, 2019, 7:16 pm Name: Massie, Newton R Date Of Death: November 7, 1907 Time: Place Of Death: Alliance, Box Butte, NE Residence: Unavailable Gender: Male Race: W Age: Unavailable Marital Status: Unavailable Spouse: Date Of Birth: Unavailable Place Of Birth: Unavailable Mother's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Mother's Birthplace: Unavailable Father's Name: Unavailable, Unavailable Father's Birthplace: Unavailable Cause Of Death: Train Accident Hospital: Unavailable SS Number: Unavailable Occupation: Unavailable Funeral Home: Unavailable Doctor: Unavailable Coroner: Moore Informant: Unavailable Date Of Burial: Unavailable Place Of Burial: Unavailable Date Recorded: Unavailable Source Of Record: Newspaper Article The Lincoln Star (Lincoln, NE) Thur Nov 07, 1907 WATER SPOUT CAUSED DEATH OF ALLIANCE MAN Brakeman N. R. Massie, Knocked From Top of His Train, Was Cut to Pieces by Wheels. (Special to The Star) Alliance, Neb., Nov 7-- N. R. Massie, a brakeman on freight train No. 46, last night was knocked down between the cars and killed at Hecla, a station a few miles east of here. Through the negligence of some fireman on a train which had passed through Hecla shortly before and had left the spout from the water tank hanging down, Massie, who was standing on the top of the train was struck by the spout and knocked down between the cars. The train had traveled several hundred yards before he was missed and when found he was cut to pieces. Massie's body was brought to Alliance on passenger train No. 43 this morning. Additional Comments: From Findagrave: Name: Newton R. Massie Birth Date: 11 Dec 1876 Death Date: 7 Nov 1907 Cemetery: Greenlawn Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri W. R. Massie BIRTH 12 Dec 1845 DEATH 10 Aug 1918 (aged 72) BURIAL Greenlawn Cemetery Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri, USA PLOT lot 9 block 11 sp 4 MEMORIAL ID 166344522 · View Source BIRTH 16 Nov 1849 DEATH 5 Feb 1936 (aged 86) BURIAL Greenlawn Cemetery Plattsburg, Clinton County, Missouri, USA PLOT lot 9 block 11 sp 3 MEMORIAL ID 166344520 · View Source 1880 United States Federal Census Plattsburg, Clinton, Missouri Will Massie 34 MO KY KY Mary Massie 31 MO KY KY Sallie Massie 11 MO Lizzie Massie 10 MO Mattie Massie 6 MO Neut Massie 4 MO Gussie Massie 2 MO Georgie Massie 3/12 MO Submitter is not related and has no more information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/boxbutte/vitals/deaths/massie9gdt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb