Sharp, William

ANOTHER R.R. FATALITY.
Mr. William Sharp of the Fourth Line Instant-
ly Killed a short, Distance from his Home.
HE WAS A SOBER, HIGHLY RESPECTED MAN
The number of deaths on the railway during the past three months within the borders of this county has been appalling. They have occurred at Acton, at Georgetown, at Milton, and at several points adjacent to these towns.
On Saturday afternoon between three and four o'clock, another sad fatal accident occurred opposite the farm of Mr. Thomas Somerville, east of the fourth line, to add to the already large number. Mr. William Sharp, who with his son James and their families, reside on lot 23, in the fourth concession, was walking home from Limehouse, a concession away, and when crossing the culvert over the creek, an engine coming westward struck him, when he was instantly killed. Mr. Sharp was somewhat deaf, and before going over the culvert he turned and saw what no doubt he supposed to be a heavily laden freight train coming up the grade. Instead of this however, it was a single engine running at a high speed - and consequently it overtook him with the sad result above recorded. The engine first caught him just as he was stepping off the track, then struck him the second time. His neck was broken, skull fractured, face badly bruised and one leg broken. Owning to his defective hearing deceased always walked beside the track on a footpath, only stepping between the rails to cross the culverts. For over thirty years he walked regularly to and from his work at Limehouse without mishap.
Mr. Sharp, in company with his brother James, and the late Angus Cameron, father of Mr. John Cameron of this place, came from their native county Perthshire, Scotland, to Canada in 1853. For some weeks the three families resided together in a log house situated where the stone houses in connection with the Domion lime kilns now stand. This was the time of the building of the Grand Trunk Railway, and the three men assisted in the construction at this point. A short time after their arrival the three were out hunting one day and in some way Mr. Cameron got a splinter of a ramrod in his hand. Little attention was paid to what was thought to be a trifling accident, but eventually blood poisoning set in and Mr. Cameron died after enduring most painful sufferings. The death of Mr. Sharp recalls this circumstance. For many years Mr. Sharp worked about the lime kilns at Limehouse. He was well-known and respected by all, and was a member of the Presbyterian church for many years. He never had an enemy in the world and all the neighbors speak in the highest terms respecting him. He weas 73 years of age. Mrs. Sharp, his son Mr. James Sharp, carpenter, and four daughters survive him. The funeral on Tuesday afternoon was largely attended.