McCools Station, IN Train Wreck, Nov 1899
Posted September 16th, 2008 by Loraine Jordan
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND FOUR OTHERS HURT.
VALPARAISO, Ind., Nov. 23 – The revised list of the dead and injured this morning from the wreck at McCools station yesterday, shows that HARRY BRADFORD and JOHN STINE, trainmen, were killed, and fireman ELMER ORR may die.
The injured who were taken to Chicago, are:
JAMES GANNON, Allegheny, right wrist severely crushed.
F.R. FERGUSON, Walton Place, Chicago, postal clerk, bruised about head and body.
B.J. BLOOMER, Newark, O., bruised about body.
FREDERICK HUDSON, Columbia, O., cut about head and arms and legs injured.
Each of the dead men leaves a family and all were among the best known and most valued employes of the road.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 23 Nov 1899
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Transcribed by Loraine Jordan. Thank you, Loraine!
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