Killed by a Switch Engine.
The name of Elmer Rosa has been added to the long list of fatalities resulting from accidents in the Chicago & Northwestern yards at this place, Saturday evening at eleven o'clock he met his fate under the wheels of the switch engine. Just how it happened will never be exactly known. The engine had started for the stock yards where some switching was be done and was moving along very slowly when at a point just on the other side of the stock yards crossing, Mr. Rosa was riding on the foot board on the front end, in some manner lost his balance and fell underneath the wheels. He was dragged about ten feet before the engine could be stopped and life was extinct when the engine was backed off the body. It is very evident that he realized his perilous position and made a desperate attempt to save himself from such a terrible, death, for Lyman Mitchell, who was on the engine, heard someone give a yell and had the engineer stop the engine. From the position in which the body was lying it is thought that he held on to the foot board until his life was crushed out. His left shoulder was dislocated and his head Crushed in. Just how he came to lose his balance is not known but it is thought that he got a cinder in his eye, for he had removed his mitten from one of his hands and set his lantern down on the foot board.

The body was taken to Art Brothers undertaking room and prepared for burial. The sad news was communicated to his parents who reside six miles north of Scranton, and who came to Carroll as soon as possible.

Coroner Patty summoned a jury and an inquest was held at the coroner's office. No blame was attacked to the company for the death of Mr. Rosa but the verdict was that he was killed by engine No. (# not printed in paper) in the C. & N.W. yards at this place.

The deceased was a man about twenty-four years of age and was steady and industrious. He was of a manly and quite disposition and had made many friends since coming to this city about a year and a half ago. Before entering the employ of the railroad company which was less than three months, ago, he worked at Dunne's lunch counter. He saved his money and had a small bank account. He made his home with his cousin, Mrs. A.B. Anderson, in the first ward.

The remains were taken overland to Scranton Sunday afternoon and the funeral was held Tuesday. Carroll Herald.

The deceased is a nephew of Mrs. J.A. Sexton, of our city, who returned home last Saturday from Scranton where she had been attending the funeral of her nephew and attending the wants off the mother who is stricken with grief at the terrible shock. This is the third death in this family during the past year and it is thought that the mother will not survive long ere this. The bereaved have the sympathy of this community.