Lackawanna-Luzerne County PA Archives Obituaries.....WICKIZER, Fredrick B. January 14, 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Klee judyk2180@aol.com March 21, 2006, 2:21 am newspaper clipping date unknown CRUSHED BY CARS, What Is Probably a Fatal Accident at Carbondale Yesterday. Special to Free Press, Carbondale; Jan 13, 1893 Fred B. Wickizer, of Flowers, N.Y., received injuries which will probably be fatal near the Delaware and Hudson station at Fifth avenue, this City, yesterday at noon. Mr. Wickizer was visiting in Scranton. He came to Carbondale to-day to look for work. As the train was approaching the Fifth avenue station he jumped to the ground. He made a misstep and fell upon his left knee, his right leg crossing the track, came under the wheels and was practically crushed from his body. The fingers of one hand were also mashed. Three doctors were on hand in a short time. The young man was taken to a place of shelter, where the doctors examined him and pronounced the wounds probably fatal. He was taken to the hospital. If he recovers sufficiently his legs and fingers will be amputated. Wickizer is about 21 years of age and unmarried. ______________________ (continued) FELL UNDER THE CAR WHEELS ------------------ Frederick Wickizer of Scranton Injured Badly at Carbondale Special to the Scranton Tribune Carbondale, Pa. Jan 14, 1893 A very serious accident occurred on Saturday at 12:30 o'clock P.M., when a young man who gave his name as Frederick Wickizer, residing at 212 Spruce Street Scranton, was attempting to alight from a train at Seventh Avenue Station. His coat caught and it threw him under the cars. The wheels passed over one leg crushing it in such a manner that amputation will prove necessary. His hand was also badly mangled. The unfortunate man was removed to the hospital where he is receiving the best of attention. _______________________ HE EXPIRES IN THE HOSPITAL 5:30 SATURDAY AFTERNOON ___________________ Every Effort to Renew His Failing Powers Proved Futile and His Life Slowly Ebbed Away. He Was a Poor, But, Honest, And Industrious Youth. Fredrick Wickizer, of Flowers N.Y. died at the Carbondale Hospital Saturday evening at 5:30 o'clock. Wickizer is the young man who was injured near the Seventh Avenue Station at noon on Saturday, by having four loaded coal cars and a caboose pass over him. His most severe injury was the severing of the right leg above the knee. When he was taken to the hospital everything in the power of the surgeons was done to save his life. The artery was tied up to stop the flow of blood. Stimulants were administered to the wounded man, and every means taken to renew his failing powers. But it was all to no purpose. Gradually his life ebbed away until at 5:30 o'clock the last spark of vitality had been quenched. Upon the young man's person were found two bunches of keys a small screw driver and seventy cents. The presence of the articles was explained when his history was learned. He had been working at Flowers, a small village near Great Bend N.Y. At that place he had been in the employ of his uncle who owns a seed farm. The keys were for the seed boxes and the screw driver he had used in keeping the boxes in repair. About two weeks ago he went to Scranton to visit his aunt, Mrs. J.P. Sanborn. Having completed his visit he determined to seek employment in this vicinity. Accordingly with his cousin, a young man named Stone; they started for Seeleyville, Wayne County. Having no money the young men rode up from Scranton on the coal train, and when they reached Seventh Avenue Station Wickizer got off the train, with what results is known. His friends from Scranton came up Saturday night and took charge of the body. It was removed from the hospital today and was taken to Scranton for interment. The unfortunate young man was known to be an honest, straightforward and industrious person. His cruel and untimely death is to be regretted and his relatives have the sympathy of the community. (continued) FREDERICK WICKIZER'S DEATH The Coroner's Jury Finds That His Death Was Accidental, Messrs, S.C. Perigo, E.T. Sweet, John Fitzsimmons, P.O. Knight, John S. Short, and Martin Bird, the jurors appointed by Corner Kelley to inquire into the cause of the death of Frederick Wickizer, the young man who was killed at Carbondale last Saturday, met in the Arbitration room of the Court House last evening at 8 o'clock. Wallace Copeland, conductor and Samuel Farrell, brakeman on the coal train, were sworn. They did not know that either Wickizer or Stone were on the train till after the accident. Mr. Copeland had a doctor summoned and had the young man taken to the hospital. Otis Stone who was with Wickizer testified to how the accident occurred. Miss Stone and Mrs. Cahoon swore to the last time they saw Wickizer who was Mrs. Cahoon's nephew. Mr. Bell testified about the keys and the screw drivers found in Wickizer's possession. He scored the Carbondale papers for intimating that Wickizer was a burglar. The dead young, he said was of mechanical genius and made most of the keys for amusement. The screw drivers he put into his pocket to fix an organ and did not take them out. The jury arrived at the following verdict: We, the undersigned jurors, do find that Fredrick Wickizer came to his death by being run over by a train on the D&H Railroad at the Seventh Avenue Station in the city of Carbondale on Saturday January 13, 1893. We further find that there was no evidence to bear out insinuations that have been made against the character of the deceased by reason of keys and other articles found in his possession. ÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖ This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb