MR. ROBERT THOMAS. MIDDLE GRANVILLE, WASHINGTON CO. NEW YORK.
Robert THomas fell between cars on a special train near Middle Granville Thursday night and was instantly killed. He leaves a wife and three children in Wales. Coroner Burroughs of Whitehall will take charge of the case. Thomas had been attending a Welsh celebration at Middle Granville. Thomas was on the train which conveyed picknickers to Pawlet. When about midway between Granville and Pawlet, Thomas attempted to pass from one car to another, but fell between them and was ground to pieces. He resided at West Pawlet. He had no relatives in this country.Rutland Daily Herald ~ May 3rd, 1884.
MR. ROBERT THOMAS. MIDDLE GRANVILLE, WASHINGTON CO. NEW YORK.
ON Thursday evening May 1st, as the excursion train was returning from Middle Granville southward, when but fairly under motion Robert Thomas who was standing with others on the platform between two cars missed his footing and fell beneath and was crushed to death in an instant. The deceased worked in West Pawlet and had been in this country but about a year.He was thirty two years of age, and leaves a wife and three children who are in Wales to mourn his untimely death. He also had two brothers in Pennsylvania.
We understand that the cars were crowded and many were compelled- for want of room inside - to stand on the platforms outside of which number the unfortunate man happened to be. The train was immediately stopped and the body taken to Granville and the agent called up who for some time objected to open the depot door and utterly refused to allow the body to be placed in the depot for the night, but permitted them to place it in the freight room among the rubbish.
His offer was rejected and the body was taken to Judge Betts's office which was kindly opened by his son Fred. This act on the part of the agent needs no comment, and had we not obtained the information from an eye witness whose veracity cannot be questioned, we would be lost to believe it.