Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - Dr. S. B. Longino
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LONGINO, S. B., DR. - Is dead and Judge T. J. Tucker seriously injured as a
result of the Eastbound Katy Passenger train running into the auto in which
they were riding Wednesday morning. Dr. Longino had been to the home of Judge
Tucker, where Mrs. Tucker was sick and the two men were returning to town in
an auto with Dr. Longino doing the driving. They were traveling north on South
Davis street, when they reached the track they either did not see the
approaching train or the engineer did not see the auto for when they had
gotten on the track the locomotive hit the auto directly in the center and so
wound it around the pilot that it was carried fast tight before the train till
it stopped more than 200 yards distant. Somehow both men remained on the pilot
or in the auto until Gilmer street was crossed when Dr., Longino's body fell
in front of the engine and was run over and cut to pieces before the train
finally stopped, the pieces of his body being scattered for more than 40 feet
on the track. His head was severed from his body, he was cut into in one or
more places and beyond recognition for some time by those first to reach him.
Judge Tucker somehow was fastened between the Pilot and the auto where he was
found when the engine stopped, still being conscious. He was taken to the Long
Hospital where everything that local physicians could was done to relieve him
and save his life. It was found that his thigh bone was broken, one or more
ribs broken, slightly injured on the head and internal injuries received. The
remains of Dr. Longino were taken to the Tapp Undertaking parlors and prepared
for funeral services which will take place at his residence on College street
with burial in the City cemetery. Dr. Longino was a member of the City School
Board, a Stewart in the Methodist Church and Director of the First State Bank.
He is survived by two children, Dr. Bird Longino and Mrs. Harry Smith.
(Hopkins Co. Echo, Dec. 16, 1921)