The Denison Daily Herald
Thursday, November 15, 1906
pg. 4

TRUCKS PASSED OVER HIS BODY
S.R. Gwin Was the Victim of a Serious Accident at Ray Yards Yesterday
LIVES WITH BROKEN SPINE
Injured Man is Paralyzed from the Hips Down and May Not Recover
S.R. Gwin, a young man who is employed as a night trucker at the Ray freight sheds, was run over while asleep on the track near Ray yesterday afternoon and received a fracture of the spinal column.  Gwin was very near death last night, but was better this morning and may live for a long time.  He is paralyzed from the hips down.
Gwin evidently sat down on the track near the stock pens on the Ray cut off and fell asleep.  A switch engine passed that way pushing a string of empty cars.  A pair of trucks passed over Gwin's body, and by a miracle did not crush the life out of him.
The injured man was brought to the M. K. & T.  branch hospital, where he was given attention.  The surgeons there found that his backbone was broken.  The cuts and contusions on his body were numerous but not serious.  After his injuried were dressed, Gwin was removed to his home.
While there is no assurance that Gwin will recover, he may live for many years if he recovers from the immediate effects of the accident.  There is one case of a man who was injured near Denison who lived for fifteen years with a fractured spine.

The Denison Daily Herald
Saturday, January 12, 1907
pg. 4

INJURED RAILROAD MEN
Ross Gwin, the Katy trucker who is at the Sedalia hospital receiving treatment for a broken back, is better.