Menomonee, MI Train and Street Car Collision, May 1917
Posted October 21st, 2007 by Stu Beitler
PASSENGER TRAIN HITS STREET CAR
Two Killed, Several Injured When Passenger Train Hits Street Car
(By Associated Press)
Menomonee, Mich., May 26 -- Two persons were killed and one fataaly[sic] injured and a number of others hurt as the result of a Chicago & Northwestern passenger train hitting a street car within the city last night. The dead are: ROSE MARIE HENES, 18 years old, and MRS. LAURA MARTELL RAZOR.
ALFRED RAZOR, eight years old, was fatally injured.
Twelve members of the crew and several passengers were severely hurt. The engine was badly wrecked and the street car was smashed to pieces. The baggage and express cars were derailed. The light of the locomotive was defective.
Daily Leader Grand Rapids Wisconsin 1917-05-26
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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