McCarthy, Thomas

KILLED ON THE TRACK.
Thomas McCarthy Run over near
Campbellville last Wednesday.
A man named Thos. McCarthy, who has been working in the vicinity of Campbellville lately was killed on Wednesday afternoon. He was seen walking along the track in an intoxicated state, by two farmers, who were plowing in the vicinity. When he reached Mr. D. D. Christie's farm, about a mile and a quarter below Campbellville, he was walking on the centre of the track and was struck by the engine of a way freight going east. The top of his head was taken off and both his legs were amputated a little below the knee. He was picked up and taken back to the Junction, where an inquest was held.
The engine driver states that he saw the man on the track and kept up a constant whistle but he paid no attention to it, and the train was going so fast that it was impossible to stop it before reaching the man. The deceased was a stranger in the vicinity and it is not known where he came from.