Individual Details
Floyd Levi CALES
(26 Mar 1888 - 9 Nov 1923)
Death Certificate # 68052, Vol. #4314
The Portsmouth Times, Friday, November 9, 1923, page 2.
STUMBLES IN FRONT OF CUT OF CARS: IS CRUSHED TO DEATH
FLOYD CALES, N. & W. BRAKEMAN KILLED IN EAST PORTSMOUTH YARDS
Stumbling across a rail as he attempted to dart across a track in front of a cut of moving cars this morning at 10:30 o'clock, Floyd L. Cales, 34, N. & W. yard brakeman fell and was so badly crushed by two wheels of a car that he died within a few minutes after his almost lifeless form was extricated from between the wheels of one truck. Cales who lived in Kentucky just below Fullerton, or opposite the foot of Bond Street, took a job in the yards as brakeman just a week ago Thursday. The was crushed through the abdomen and pelvis and expired as co-workers were carrying him across the many tracks in the yards to get to the foot of Norfolk Street, East Portsmouth, where Lynn's ambulance was waiting to convey him to a hospital. As the man was still breathing they thought there was still hope of saving his live.
A year ago, Cales, working at the Portsmouth Works, Wheeling Steel Corporation suffered a badly injured foot, two toes being amputated. He was in the hospital a long time and after recovering was in such a weakened condition he could not work. About two weeks ago he secured a job at the Portsmouth Refractories plant at East Portsmouth, but after working there for only a few days, quit as he could not stand the work which caused further injury to his foot. Several days later he went to work in the N & W yards.
Track men of a section crew were working just a few yards away from where the fatal accident occurred. Cales was working on a yard train pulled by engine No. 876, which was switching cars on tracks near the scrap wharf. The wharf is on the Ohio River bank just above the Portsmouth Golf Club grounds. The scene of the fatal accident was on the time freight lead track or the second track north of the wharf.
TO CUT OFF CARS
Cales ran along the side of the train to "cut off" cars to be set in on the different tracks. According to workmen nearby, he had just "cut off" a string of cars which were "kicked off" on one track. There still remained twelve cars ahead of the engine and Cales is thought to have tried to run across the track ahead of the cars still attached to the engine. As he leaped across the track he stumbled and fell across the north rail, within a few inches of the wheels of the leading car. The front wheels of the one truck passed over his body, but before th other truck of the same car reached him the engine and cars were stopped. The sudden stop caused the train to move backwards just far enough for one wheel of the front truck to pass over him again. This left the body wedged between the wheels of the truck. Track laborers ran to the scene, hurridedly secured a jack and raised the truck sufficiently to allow the body to be released. Cales was placed on a stretcher and several workmen carried him to the end of Norfolk Street where the ambulance was waiting. Before he was placed in the ambulance it was discovered that Cales had died.
Coroner Virgil Fowler had been notified that the man had been killed outright. He ordered the body removed to a morgue and prepared for burial. Later he visited the scene of the accident in the yards.
The telephone operator at Fullerton was notified and she was asked to convey word to a sister, Mrs. L.E.Anderson, who lives next door to Cales. Mrs. Anderson was at work in the Selby Shoe Factory and she was notified there. From there she went to the Wallace rooming house on Walnut Street, East Portsmouth, where her mother, Mrs. Tabitha Cales was spending the day. Later, relatives notified the wife at her home.
Floyd L. Cales was born in Grayson, Carter County, Ky., the son of O.P. and Tabitha Cales. Ever since his marriage about seven years ago to Miss Lillian Rice, he has resided in the vicinity of Portsmouth. At one time the family lived in East Portsmouth. During the greater part of the time, however, they have lived in Kentucky, opposite the city. Several years ago he worked as a switch-tender in the East Portsmouth yards.
Surviving are the widow and two children, Edwin and Donald; the mother, who makes her home with a daughter, Mrs. Charles Craycraft of Minford; two brothers, O.P. Cales of Ironton, and Ballard Cales, address unknown, and three sisters, Mrs. L.E. Anderson, of near Fullerton, Mrs. Charles Craycraft, of near Minford, and Mrs. L.C. Wilson, of Olive Hill, Ky.
The death of Mr. Cales is the third in two months in the Anderson family near Fullerton. On September 11, A.J. Anderson, father-in-law of Mrs. Anderson, died at South Portsmouth. Several weeks ago, Gladys, two month old daughter of O.P. Cales of Ironton, died. She was a neice of Mrs. Anderson. The accident today claimed the brother of Mrs. Anderson. When the roof was blown off the Beattyville school, below South Portsmouth some months ago, a son of Mrs. Anderson, was the worst injured.
Mr. Cales had been a member of the Jr. O.U.A.M. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion, Kentucky cemetery.
The Portsmouth Times, November 12, 1923
LAST RITES LARGELY ATTENDED
Funeral services for Floyd Cales, N. & W. brakeman, who was crushed to death in the N. & W. yards in East Portsmouth several days ago, were conducted from his home near Fullerton, Sunday afternoon. The services were largely attended, there being over 200 machines in the funeral cortege. Internment took place in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
The Portsmouth Times, Friday, November 9, 1923, page 2.
STUMBLES IN FRONT OF CUT OF CARS: IS CRUSHED TO DEATH
FLOYD CALES, N. & W. BRAKEMAN KILLED IN EAST PORTSMOUTH YARDS
Stumbling across a rail as he attempted to dart across a track in front of a cut of moving cars this morning at 10:30 o'clock, Floyd L. Cales, 34, N. & W. yard brakeman fell and was so badly crushed by two wheels of a car that he died within a few minutes after his almost lifeless form was extricated from between the wheels of one truck. Cales who lived in Kentucky just below Fullerton, or opposite the foot of Bond Street, took a job in the yards as brakeman just a week ago Thursday. The was crushed through the abdomen and pelvis and expired as co-workers were carrying him across the many tracks in the yards to get to the foot of Norfolk Street, East Portsmouth, where Lynn's ambulance was waiting to convey him to a hospital. As the man was still breathing they thought there was still hope of saving his live.
A year ago, Cales, working at the Portsmouth Works, Wheeling Steel Corporation suffered a badly injured foot, two toes being amputated. He was in the hospital a long time and after recovering was in such a weakened condition he could not work. About two weeks ago he secured a job at the Portsmouth Refractories plant at East Portsmouth, but after working there for only a few days, quit as he could not stand the work which caused further injury to his foot. Several days later he went to work in the N & W yards.
Track men of a section crew were working just a few yards away from where the fatal accident occurred. Cales was working on a yard train pulled by engine No. 876, which was switching cars on tracks near the scrap wharf. The wharf is on the Ohio River bank just above the Portsmouth Golf Club grounds. The scene of the fatal accident was on the time freight lead track or the second track north of the wharf.
TO CUT OFF CARS
Cales ran along the side of the train to "cut off" cars to be set in on the different tracks. According to workmen nearby, he had just "cut off" a string of cars which were "kicked off" on one track. There still remained twelve cars ahead of the engine and Cales is thought to have tried to run across the track ahead of the cars still attached to the engine. As he leaped across the track he stumbled and fell across the north rail, within a few inches of the wheels of the leading car. The front wheels of the one truck passed over his body, but before th other truck of the same car reached him the engine and cars were stopped. The sudden stop caused the train to move backwards just far enough for one wheel of the front truck to pass over him again. This left the body wedged between the wheels of the truck. Track laborers ran to the scene, hurridedly secured a jack and raised the truck sufficiently to allow the body to be released. Cales was placed on a stretcher and several workmen carried him to the end of Norfolk Street where the ambulance was waiting. Before he was placed in the ambulance it was discovered that Cales had died.
Coroner Virgil Fowler had been notified that the man had been killed outright. He ordered the body removed to a morgue and prepared for burial. Later he visited the scene of the accident in the yards.
The telephone operator at Fullerton was notified and she was asked to convey word to a sister, Mrs. L.E.Anderson, who lives next door to Cales. Mrs. Anderson was at work in the Selby Shoe Factory and she was notified there. From there she went to the Wallace rooming house on Walnut Street, East Portsmouth, where her mother, Mrs. Tabitha Cales was spending the day. Later, relatives notified the wife at her home.
Floyd L. Cales was born in Grayson, Carter County, Ky., the son of O.P. and Tabitha Cales. Ever since his marriage about seven years ago to Miss Lillian Rice, he has resided in the vicinity of Portsmouth. At one time the family lived in East Portsmouth. During the greater part of the time, however, they have lived in Kentucky, opposite the city. Several years ago he worked as a switch-tender in the East Portsmouth yards.
Surviving are the widow and two children, Edwin and Donald; the mother, who makes her home with a daughter, Mrs. Charles Craycraft of Minford; two brothers, O.P. Cales of Ironton, and Ballard Cales, address unknown, and three sisters, Mrs. L.E. Anderson, of near Fullerton, Mrs. Charles Craycraft, of near Minford, and Mrs. L.C. Wilson, of Olive Hill, Ky.
The death of Mr. Cales is the third in two months in the Anderson family near Fullerton. On September 11, A.J. Anderson, father-in-law of Mrs. Anderson, died at South Portsmouth. Several weeks ago, Gladys, two month old daughter of O.P. Cales of Ironton, died. She was a neice of Mrs. Anderson. The accident today claimed the brother of Mrs. Anderson. When the roof was blown off the Beattyville school, below South Portsmouth some months ago, a son of Mrs. Anderson, was the worst injured.
Mr. Cales had been a member of the Jr. O.U.A.M. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion, Kentucky cemetery.
The Portsmouth Times, November 12, 1923
LAST RITES LARGELY ATTENDED
Funeral services for Floyd Cales, N. & W. brakeman, who was crushed to death in the N. & W. yards in East Portsmouth several days ago, were conducted from his home near Fullerton, Sunday afternoon. The services were largely attended, there being over 200 machines in the funeral cortege. Internment took place in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 26 Mar 1888 | Grayson, Carter County, KY | |||
| Marriage | 15 Dec 1915 | Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH - Lillian REIS | |||
| Death | 9 Nov 1923 | Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH |
Families
| Spouse | Lillian REIS (1898 - 1985) |
| Child | Eugene Perry CALES (1916 - 1918) |
| Child | Edwin Robert CALES (1919 - 1997) |
| Child | Donald Reis CALES (1921 - 1992) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Oliver Perry CALES (1851 - 1914) |
| Mother | Tabitha Almeda CANTERBURY (1859 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Rachel Emma CALES (1877 - 1949) |
| Sibling | Missouri CALES (1879 - ) |
| Sibling | Virginia CALES (1880 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Florence Edith CALES (1881 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Mary CALES (1884 - 1907) |
| Sibling | Laura CALES (1886 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Minnie Dell CALES (1890 - ) |
| Sibling | Ballard Thomas CALES (1892 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Homer CALES (1894 - ) |
| Sibling | Owen Perry CALES (1896 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Nellie CALES (1899 - ) |