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Oconomowoc, WI Automobile And Freight Train Collide, June 1921
Posted January 2nd, 2012 by Stu Beitler
FOUR KILLED IN ACCIDENT.
THREE SCHOOL CHILDREN DIE IN MISHAP.
Oconomowoc, Wis., Jan. 16 (AP) -- Three school children and a motorist were killed during a sleet storm late today when a fast Milwaukee freight train struck an automobile carrying six children to their homes near the outskirts of Oconomowoc.
The three other children were injured and hospital attendants said one may die.
The dead:
E. M. CHAFFEE, driver of the car.
PAULINE DORNFORD, 13 years old.
ROSS DORNFORD, 7 years old.
An eight-year-old son of Jess Gleisner.
The injured were:
ERNEST SCHACHTLER, 8, who probably will die.
KATHERINE CHAFFEE, 7.
Seven-year-old daughter of Jess Gleisner.
Logansport Press Indiana 1921-06-14
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!
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