Joseph Elvie "Ellery" Dykeman

1873 - 1889  (16 years)

• Name	Joseph Elvie "Ellery" Dykeman
  Born	12 Aug 1873	Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	accident
  Misfortune	1889
  	train accident
  Name	Ellery Joseph Dykeman
  Residence	1889	St. Andrew's St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-101225
  Died	23 Oct 1889	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I101225	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alfred Dykeman,   b. 5 Sep 1848, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Oct 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Melissa Eleanor Teeple,   b. 14 Jun 1849, Rockton, Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario ,   d. 15 Nov 1916, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F17252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Late Accident The adjourned inquest into the death of Ellery Dykeman, was resumed on Friday evening last. Messrs. J. McCallum, Wm. Scott and J. McAuslan were examined as to speed at which the train was going when the accident occurred. The tenor of the evidence was that the rate of speed was more than the statutory allowance. Mr. E. Gerrard, in his evidence, said he had called to the boy that the train was coming, but did not think that he heard him. After a short deliberation, the jury returned the following verdict: - "We find that Ellery J. Dykeman came to his death on Wednesday, October 23, by the wagon in which he was seated being struck by locomotive No. 727, attached to the train known as No. 5, while crossing the track of the Grand Trunk Railway in Bruce street, Galt. The shock of the collision of the locomotive with the wagon threw him violently out, and caused injuries which resulted in his death. We further find that at the time of the accident the train was running at a higher rate of speed than is allowed by stature, or was consistent with public safety, and we believe that the position of the buildings at the crossing were the accident occurred renders it an exceeding dangerous one, which out to be protected either by gates or by the employment of a watchman, and we further find that said Elllery J. Dykeman was not contributory to his own death by any carelessness on his part." This rider was added to verdict - "The jury would respectfully ask the officials of the G.T.R. to take all the circumstances surrounding this sad accident into consideration, and to take advantage of this case to refute the old adage that "corporations have no souls" by dealing promptly and generously with the poor widowed mother, who has by this unfortunate occurrence been deprived of her oldest son and the main support." Galt Reporter Nov 8 1889 pg 1 _______________ Fatal Railway Accident - A Boy Meets His Death At The Bruce Street Crossing A very sad and fatal accident happened on Wednesday forenoon, at the crossing of the G.T.R. on Bruce street, near the Stockwell mills, by which Ellery J. Dykeman, a boy aged about 16 years, eldest son of Mrs. A. Dykeman, St. Andrew's St., lost his life. The youth was driving Mr. George Laird's delivery wagon, and in crossing the track, (going from Hawthorne St.,) at the place mentioned, was struck by the 11:09 express going south. The horse having just cleared the track escaped without injury, the wagon was carried along by the train for about 20 yards and thrown up against a freight car standing on the mill siding, the contents of the vehicle being strewed promiscuously along the track. The driver (Dykeman) was thrown about 15 years, lighting upon his head on the east side of the track. Assistance was promptly at hand and he was carried into the house of Mr. James McAuslan, nearby, medical aid summoned, and everything possible done to restore him to consciousness, but all to no purpose, as he succumbed to his injuries about half an hour after the accident. The boy, we think, must have been struck by the engine, as the mere fact of him being thrown that distance to the ground, could hardly account for the nature and extent of all his injuries. They were mainly on the left side of body and consisted of fracture of the skull and jaw, ribs staved in and piercing left lung, compound fracture of the thigh, and the left ear nearly torn out. Young Dykeman was a trustworthy boy, had been in his late position for over two years, and was the chief support of his widowed mother, who was well-nigh distracted on receiving intelligence of the fatality. The crossing where the accident occurred is a very dangerous one, as people going from Hawthorne street, east along Bruce, cannot, on account of the Stockwell mill building, see a train coming from the north, and the noise of the mill running prevents them hearing it. Galt Reporter Oct 25 1889 pg 1 ________________ In Galt, on Wednesday, October 23rd, 1889, Ellery J. Dykeman, eldest son of the late Alfred Dykeman, in his 17th year. Funeral, today (Friday), 25th inst., at 2 o'clock, p.m., from his mother's residence, St. Andrew's Street, to Mount View Cemetery. Galt Reporter Oct 25 1889 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S336] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1881, Galt Division 1 Page 62.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 12 Aug 1873 - Beverly Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Oct 1889 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth