Death of John Causley on 9/22/1914; burial in Mt. Joy on 9/24/1914.
LIVED TWO YEARS WITH BROKEN BACK
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John Causley Died Tuesday at Home in Harrisville Twp.
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John Causley (Beneway) died Tuesday at 3:15 p. m. at his home in the western part of Harrisville township, after a lingering illness of two years.
While working on the Great Northern railroad out of Duluth, Minn., Causley was jarred from the top of a moving freight train on Sept. 9, 1912. The train was on a trestle and he fell about forty feet. In falling he struck across his middle on one of the iron bridge supports and this diverted his fall to a sand bank; otherwise he would have fallen on the under tracks and have been killed instantly. His back was broken in the fall and he has been a helpless suffer ever since, being totally paralyzed from the wound down.
In the settlement with the railroad company he secured $10,000 clear after paying his attorneys, and in February, 1913, he returned to Harrisville and bought the Murdoch McRae farm on the Harrisville-Gustin town line.
John Causley was born October 4, 1872, at Port Huron. He worked at Black River during the lumbering days and lived in Alcona county until going to Duluth a few years before he was injured. He leaves a widow and four children, the latter ranging from 7 to 13 years. He was a member of Alcona Tent No. 18 K.O.T.M.M. and of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
The funeral was held this (Thursday) morning from the home by Rev. W. H. Bailey of Killmaster. Burial at Mt. Joy cemetery in Haynes.