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Waukesha, WI train-auto wreck, Aug 1909

Posted December 14th, 2008 by Tim Taugher

TRAIN STRIKES AUTO

Milwaukee, Wis., Aug 21 - Mrs. Harry Pawling is dying, her husband Robert Pawling and Frank Lilly of Detroit, a friend, were badly injured this afternoon when a Milwaukee railroad train struck their automobile at Forest Crossing three miles east of Waukesha and hurled the occupants through a milk house wall. The train was stopped and the injured were taken aboard and rushed to the emergency hospital at Waukesha.

The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK 22 Aug 1909
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Transcribed by Tim Taugher. Thanks, Tim!

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