Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1913 — FREIGHT TRAIN STRUCK HANDCAR [ARTICLE]

FREIGHT TRAIN STRUCK HANDCAR

Little Girl Killed and Section Fora man Had Leg Cut Off in Accident Near Schneider. Viola Shafer, 12 years of age is dead, and her uncle, Robert Shafer, lost one leg and had« the other broken in an accident that occurred this Friday morning a short distance north of Schneider, on the C. I. & S. railroad. Shafer is the section foreman and was taking several persons to a picnic, it is understood, on a. handcar. They did not notice the approach pf the freight train, and it struck them with the result that his niece, who was by his side, was killed, and he had one leg cut off and the other one broken. The others who were riding on the car escaped injury. Shafer was taken to North Hayden and thence to Lowell, where he was given medical attention and it is understood'has a chance to recover, although the shock will go hard with him. j