709 EDMONTON DAILY 
APR 2, 1907

ADAMS, Burril
STEINHAUSER, Wesley
HUESTIS, Salph
CAVENHEAD, J.D.
OEDEGARDE, Joseph B.
ADAMS, A. of Bentley
BEALE, C.G.
McKAY, W.
GOODE, F.
SIGLER, H.
PARKE, Herbert A.

A shocking accident occurred yesterday afternoon about half past five o'clock at 
the foot of Second Street on the line of the E.Y. & P. railway, when Burrill 
Adams, a seventeen year old student in the commercial department of the 
Alberta College met a horrible death.

The young lad, in company with three other lads, Wesley Steinhauser, Salph 
Husestis and J.D. Cavenhead, determined to spend Easter Monday afternoon by 
a long walk around the face of the hill and on the flats below the city.      
They 
followed the track past the old fort to the foot of Seventeenth street, and then 
returned again along the rail line.

As Second street a train of box cars was approaching from the east, and they 
decided to jump on and ride around to the C.N.R. Station.

The train was moving at the rate of almost eight miles an hour at the time. 
Cavenhead gained a hold on the foot rode, but Stanhauser was thrown into the 
mud and Hussetis failed to grip the rod. The unfortunate lad who was the victim 
of the accident secured a hold, but was thrown by the speed of the train between 
the second and third cars, and fell on the rail underneath.

His death was instantaneous. Three cars passed over his body, almost 
completely cutting it in two, when the train was brought to a stand still by 
Jos. 
B. Otadegarde, who witnessed the fatality, and signaled the engineer, nothing 
but a dreadfully mangled corpse remained.


Coroper Braithwaite and Constable Howie were summoned, and the remains 
were removed to the undertaking rooms of Moffat, McCoppen & Bull, where 
they now lie.

Burril Adams was the son of Mr. A. Adams of Bentley, near Lacombe. This was 
his second year at Alberta College, where he was popular and is highly spoken 
of by teachers and fellow pupils. His untimely death has cast a gloom over the 
entire college, and brought the holiday season to a sad conclusion.

A corner's jury composed of C.C. Bears (Foreman), J. Stovel, W. McKay, Mr. 
Rodgers, H. Sigler and F. Goode, was empanelled, and after viewing the 
remains this forenoon met in the police court where evidence was taken.

The witnesses were Jos. S. Oudagarde, who was an eye-witness of the fatality; 
Herbert A. Parks, one of the train hands; Constable Howie, Weslley, Steinhausor 
and J.D. Cavenhood, companions of the deceased. Nothing new was brought out 
at the inquiry and the verdict brought in was "that Burrell Adams came to his 
death by accident by falling under a train, no blame being attached to anyone."