Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Frank Heap, 1905 
13 Mar 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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HEAP, FRANK
(11 Aug 1905, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Tuesday morning the people of Sayre were shocked by the news that Frank
Heap, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Heap of this place, had been run over by a
train the night before, at McLean, Texas, and fatally injured.  His foot
had caught in a guard rail, and he was unable to get it out before a car
struck him.  His leg was crushed and mangled clear up to his body,
injuring him in such a way that there was no hope of recovery.
Tuesday morning, a special train took Mrs. Heap to Amarillo, and Wednesday
morning Frank died.  The body was taken to Colorado Springs for burial.
He was 19 years old, and was the only child.  He was a young man of good
habits and high ambitions.  This was his first run on a freight train as
brakeman, after running with his father on a passenger train for some
time.  The sympathy of all is with his parents in their sad bereavement.
(12 Aug 1905, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Frank Heap was accidently killed while switching in the yards at Groom,
Texas, last Monday night.  His foot caught in a guard rail and three cars
passed over his leg, amputating it close to the body.  He was taken to the
hospital in Amarillo and lived about 24 hours.  Frank was a bright young
man and has been running on passengers with his father for sometime, and
was making his first trip on freights when the accident occurred.  He had
many friends among the young people of Sayre who deeply sympathize with
his bereaved parents in their sad misfortune.

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