Blakely, MN Train Wreck, Dec 1909

FATAL COLLISION AT BLAKELEY, MINN.; TWO MEN KILLED.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 19.---West bound passenger train No. 3 on the Minnesota & Iowa division of the Chicago St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, which left St. Paul, at 10 a. m. today, collided with a freight train at Blakely, Minn., about noon. Fireman Joe Zinnelil and Mail Clerk. F. Torgerson, both of St. Paul, were killed. None of the passengers were injured seriously enough to need medical attention.

The Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, MN 20 Dec 1909

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Transcribed by Linda Horton. Thank you, Linda!


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