Norfolk City-Newport News City County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Atkins, James G. May 2, 1906
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Virginian-Pilot, 5-3-1906
James G. Atkins, born 2-19-1854, died 5-2-1906
Buried in unknown location in Cedar Grove Cemetery

J. G. Atkins, proprietor of a saloon in Clifford Street, was struck by an 
Atlantic Coast Line train at the King Street crossing in Rodman Heights at 6 
o'clock yesterday afternoon and sustained injuries from which he died two 
hours later at the Sarah Leigh Hospital in Norfolk.

Atkins at the time was driving to Portsmouth from Battery Park, where he spent 
the afternoon. It was said at the scene of the accident that someone had seen 
him lashing his horse so as to get across the tracks before the train came. It 
is also said that he had been drinking.

The horse had crossed and the buggy was directly on the railroad track when 
the engine struck it. The vehicle was smashed into bits. When the train had 
been stopped and the crew hurried back to ascertain what had been the result 
of the accident, but the man who had been in the buggy when it was struck by 
the engine could not be found. The thing was rather puzzling until someone 
thought of looking on the pilot of the engine, and there Atkins was found 
apparently lifeless. His identity was learned from papers found in his 
pockets, and an investigation showing that he was still alive, he was placed 
on the train and hurried to Norfolk to be placed in a hospital. Atkins 
sustained a fracture at the base of the skull.

The horse attached to the buggy was only slightly injured.

Atkins came from Newport News about two years ago, and has since been engaged 
in the bar business just outside the city. It is said that his wife lives with 
Mrs. Charles Mapes, at Pine Beach, having been separated from her husband 
about two years ago.

Additional Comments:
Newspaper had incorrectly spelled his name as Adkins.

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