Ernest Hanney aged 34 years, who for the past six or seven weeks had been making his home with his sister, Mrs. Thomas Connors, 501 S. George street, was struck by a train near the Standard Oil tanks of the Central railroad about 5 p.m. on Monday and received severe injuries. He left the house which is located near the oil tanks corner of Matthew and George streets and went up on to the tracks but how he received his injury is not known.
A workman coming home from the east met a couple of women and they told him that there was a man lying beside the tracks. The workman investigated and found Mr. Hanney lying between tracks 2 and 3 unconscious. With the assistance of Drivers Stooks and Landers of the oil wagons the injured man was carried to the home of his sister where Dr. C. R. Mahady and Dr. T.G. Nock, the railroad surgeon, were called and had Mr. Hanney conveyed to Rome Hospital, where he was at once operated upon by Drs. Nook, Broga and Hubbard. It was found that there was a bad gash directly over the left eye, a fracture of the skull over the left ear and the scalp was torn in places. The left arm was broken below the shoulder. It is not thought that he will recover.
At present there is considerable question as to what train struck the unfortunate man. The passenger train going west on track 2 at 4:40 p.m. left the station here two minutes late. It is also said there were two freight trains passed through the city west on track 3, one about three minutes past five and the other about 5:18.
Mr. Connors, brother-in-law of Mr. Hanney, came along while effort was being made to identify the injured man and recognized his brother-in-law.
At 3:30 p.m. today Mr. Hanney had not regained consciousness.
Rome Daily Sentinel: January 15, 1908
Mr. Hanney Still Unconscious.
There is no change in the condition of Ernest Hanney, who was found badly injured on the Central railroad tracks near the oil tanks on Monday afternoon about 5:30 o'clock. He still remains unconscious at Rome Hospital.
Rome Daily Sentinel: January 16, 1908
ERNEST HANNEY
Man Struck by Train Reported Dying at 3:30 p.m. Today.
Ernest Hanney, who was struck by a Central train near the Standard Oil tanks on Monday about 5 p.m. has been unconscious at the Rome Hospital ever since. At 3:30 this afternoon he was believed to be dying. He was subject to epilepsy and it is supposed that while walking on the track he fell in a fit and was struck by a train.
Mr. Hanney was born in the town of Annsville 24 years ago. His vocation was that of a farmer. For the past nine years he had resided at Schuyler coming to Rome about the 1st of November. Besides his father, Byron Hanney of Rome, there are the following brothers and sisters, Cornelius of Rochester, Leonard of Illinois and Edward Hanney of Rome; Miss Eva Hanney of Missouri and Mrs. Thomas Connors and Mrs. Fred Sollitt of Rome.
Rome Daily Sentinel: January 17, 1908
ERNEST HANNEY DEAD
Man Who Was Struck by Train Last Monday Evening.
Ernest Hanney, aged 34, who was struck by a train on the New York Central railroad tracks near the oil tanks in this city about 5 p.m. on Monday, died at Rome Hospital at 8:10 p.m. on Thursday. He never regained consciousness after being found on the railroad.
This morning Coroner Hubbard and Drs. Broga and Nock performed an autopsy on the body of Mr. Hanney at Wiggin's undertaking parlors. In conjunction with the fracture on the left side of the skull numerous blood clots were found on the brain.
DIED
HANNEY - In this city of Thursday, Jan. 16, 1908, Ernest Hanney, aged 34 years.
The funeral will be held from the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connors, 501 S. George street, on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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