Theodore F. French, Jr. |
| Posted 2018-07-27 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Arizona Saturday, January 9, 1960, page 20, column 3 Train Kills Elderly Man Prescott - A Santa Fe passenger train struck and killed an elderly Prescott man who apparently was sleeping on the tracks. Coroner Dan Seaman said evidence indicated French was drinking a had lain down to sleep on the tracks between Whipple and Prescott. Seaman said Engineer Lee Roberts of Phoenix told him he saw what he believed to be a pile of rags lying beside the tracks. 'Then it moved and tried to raise up.' Roberts said 'I threw on the air.' The driver arm on the train caught the man and dragged him about 45 feet. Seaman said no formal inquest is planned. ------------------------------------- Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Monday, January 11, 1960, page 2, column 2 Funeral Services for Train Victim, T. French Will Be Tomorrow Fun earl services for Theodore F. French, Jr., 62, who was killed by a train Friday, will be tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Widmer Mortuary Chapel in the Garden. Cremation will follow. French was a native Californian. He came to Phoenix from Redlands, Calif., 53 years ago, and had been a Prescott resident to 50 years before his death. A laborer, he was a veteran of World War I. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Estella Watson, of Denver, Colo. The fatal accident occurred by the Santa Fe Railroad tracks near Whipple at 3:51 a.m. Friday. Transcriber's note: Mr. French is buried at the Greenwood Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona. |
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