Francis "Frank" Xavier Allwein born Aug 13, 1880, died Apr 24, 1901 Single, Buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Saturday April 27, 1901 Son of Theodore Henry ALlwein and Sarah M. Arnold. Evening Report Wednesday April 24, 1901 Frank Allwein Struck by a Car and Taken to Hospital Frank Allwein, aged about thirty years, one of the employees of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, was seriously injured late this afternoon at Colebrook Furnaces. The man was sitting on a railway track, drilling a rail with a ratchet, and failed to notice a car shifted on the track behind him. He was struck squarely by the car. He was taken at once to the Good Samaritan Hospital, in the ambulance. Evening Report Thursday Evening April 25, 1901 ALLWEIN'S HURT FATAL Young Furnace Employ Horribly Mangled by Car Wheels Frank Allwein, the Colebrook furnace employe who was injured by a train at the furnace late yesterday by a train at the furnaces late yesterday afternoon, as stated by the The Report, died shortly after admission to the hospital. As stated, Allwein was sitting on a section of track belonging to the furnace railway, when a car was shifted. The unfortunate workman failed to notice the approach of the train, and he was horribly mangled by the wheels. The pelvic and thigh bones were fractured and the abdominal organs ruptured and crushed. He was carried to the furnace office and later sent to the Good Samaritan Hospital by ambulance. Allwein was single and twenty-one years of age. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Allwein, residing on a Sand Hill farm, and resided with his parents. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Report Friday April 26, 1901 HOW ALLWEIN DIED The Subject of Inquiry by a Coroner's Jury. A VERDICT ARRIVED AT Investigators Declare That There Was a Misunderstanding of Orders and Carelessness Somewhere - Witnesses on the Stand At an inquest, concluded this morning, at the United State Hotel, into the death of Frank Allwein, Coroner A. W. Shultz's jury returned a verdict stating that "death was due to an accident caused by carelessness and misunderstanding of orders of company employees". The deceased's death resulted from injuries received Wednesday at the Colebrook furnaces, owned by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company. Dr. Shultz made inquiry into the affair yesterday, and at an inquest begun last evening at 5 o'clock at the United States Hotel, these jurors heard testimony: Attorney C. D. Weirick, foreman; Samuel Hower, Alfred Gates, Constable E. B. Shultz, George C. Pope and Pierce H. Thompson. Attorney Thomas H. Capp was present in the interest of the Lackawanna Company. DOCTOR'S TESTIMONY Dr. A. B. Gloninger testified that he was called upon to attend Allwein at the furnaces, and that he found the man in the office of the company. Witness then described the condition in which he found the young man; that he was conscious and able to speak that Allwein had told witness at the hospital before he expired how the accident happened. Witness said Allwein informed him that the accident occurred on the railroad; that he was unable to hear the approach of the engine which ended his life owing to the wind and noise. ENGINEER TESTIFIES Sumner Shiner, engineer, testified to the effect that the train which caused this accident was the property of the Lackawanna Company; that Allwein was killed on the coke track, which is on a trestle; that Allwein was sitting on the track behind a number of empty cars, four feet away from the cars; that the conductor, Peter Witman, had given witness orders to proceed and remove the cars from the track, stating that the repairman were through with their work. Witness stated that he did not know anything about presence of Allwein on track; that the engine was backed against the cars in order to take them away; that it was not customary to give signals when engines shift on this track, as it was supposed that no person was on the track at the time orders were received to do work on the track with engines. WITMAN'S EVIDENCE Yard Foreman M. M. Miller, who gave the orders to the conductor, had stated yesterday that the latter was away on business and that his testimony could not be obtained until this morning. The evidence of Conductor Witman was taken this morning. The evidence showed a misunderstanding in handling the cars, and the jury so returned the verdict. Witman's testimony was to the effect that four empty cars were ahead of him on the coke track which is elevated about ten feet. He said: "You ascend the incline from which the coke is dumped through the tressle. Miller, the yardmaster, gave me orders to run down to the stone quarries to get some cars with stone for the 2.30 freight. We ran down and brought up four loaded cars to weigh them. While we were at the scales, one of the gang of track laborers told me that rails were in and I said I would come up as soon as the stones were weighed. Strohm and asked me to pull the cars apart that were standing on the coke track. I knew the rail was bad and he wanted to put the rail in because it was raining. The cars were loaded with coke and I pulled one loaded car from so they could get at the rail and in the afternoon, when I cam up there were four cars in front of the rail, that had been unloaded, behind these four cars is where Allwein was working and hurt." He said he was not told that I should not come up on the track with the engine and cars without making signals, that Allwein was drilling two holes in one of the rails back of these cars. The funeral of Allwein will be held tomorrow morning in St. Mary's Catholic Church. Nancy Allwein Nebiker