Notes |
- Niagara Gazette - 6/16/1944
William Everett Bale. 61. of 1142
Ontario avenue, a freight conductor
for the New York Central railroad,
was Instantly killed yesterday afternoon
shortly after 2:05 o'clock when
he was struck by a moving freight
train.
Bale, who had been an employe
of the railroad for the last 45 years,
was walking along one of the tracks
in the freight yards at Suspension
Bridge when the freight train approached
him from the rear, knocking
him down and running over
him. Dr. E. E. Gilllck, acting coroner,
investigated.
He is survived by his wife. Elizabeth
A. Bale: one dauehter. Evelyn
M. Bale: two sisters. Miss Mary L.
Dyer and Mrs. Sadie Wilkinson, all
of this city.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from the Rhoney funeral home, with
the Rev. William Saye officiating.
Interment will be in Memorial Park
cemetery.
Dr. L. R. Hurlburt, Lockport. coroner,
was called to Investigate the
death and said that he would hold
an inquest.
|