Beckham County, OK - Deaths: J. P. or Oscar Scott, 1911
Tuesday, 04 November 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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SCOTT, J. P. or OSCAR
(27 Jan 1911, Friday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK)
Thursday morning at about 5 o'clock as the train was making up for the
eastbound freight, an accident occurred that brought to end a useful human
life.  Just how the accident occurred seems hard to locate.  It is
supposed that Mr. Scott must have lost his balance in passing from one car
to the other, and fell to the ground.  The wheels passed over his head and
cut off one arm, death being instantaneous.
Mr. Scott has been a resident of Sayre about two months coming here with
his family, consisting of a wife and 3 children, from W. Va., to which
location his remains will be forwarded.
This is a hard blow to the family and shows us how truly "in the midst of
life we are in death."
(2 Feb 1911, Thursday, Elk City Democrat, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
SWITCHMAN KILLED AT SAYRE
Oscar Scott, a switchman on the yards at Sayre, was instantly killed at
that place last Thursday by the cars passing over his body.  He was in the
act of jumping from one car to another when his foot slipped and he fell
between the cars head first, and his body dismembered.  He lived at Sayre
and leaves a wife and two small children.
(3 Feb 1911, Friday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Chas. Baumstark accompanied the remains of J. P. Scott, as far as Oklahoma
City.
Mr. Scott was killed in the Rock Island yards last Thursday morning and
his wife and family left for their former home in Hinton, W. Va., last
Saturday, under the care of Mr. Baumstark.

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