?, May

UNKNOWN - 1907

• Name	?, May
  Birth	UNKNOWN
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	UNK.M319
  _FGRAVE	140291450
  Death	21 Sep 1907  [1]
  	Cause: Hit by a freight train
  	On Saturday afternoon freight train No. 59 west bound, due at Flora about five o'clock, ran over and instantly killed Mrs. May Metzger, wife of John Metzger of Clay City. Mrs. Metzger had been to Rinard on a visit and came to Flora on the nine fifty train on Saturday morning on her way home. By some means she missed the passenger train to Clay City and starled to walk down the railroad track. The engineer on the freight saw her and blew the whistle repeatedly to attract her attention. He's positive she heard him for he saw her look up. Not withstanding she kept in the middle of the track and continued walking toward the train, he supposed she would step off In time, and hence did not put on the air brake until within about fifty feet of her. It was impossible to stop the train ................................ The remains were brought to this city by the train crew where she was identified and the inquest held al the undertaking rooms of E. D. Hancock & Co.. and afterwards interred in the cemetery at Clay City. ................................ (Southern Illinois Journal, Sep 27, 1907)
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Metzger, May
  Person ID	I33674	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Metzger, John
  Family ID	F12847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10430] (Reliability: 2).