Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1913 — Section Foreman Who Had Accident at Schneider Died. [ARTICLE]

Section Foreman Who Had Accident at Schneider Died.

Robert Shafer, the Schneider see;ion foreman who was so 'badly inured Friday morning when a freight train ran into his handcar, died a few hours after the acejdent, according to dispatches .in Indianapolis papers. It seems thait 'he had procured an electric motor for his handcar. The motor had arrived the evening before and hewas using it for the first time when the accident occurred. The girl who was killed was the daughter of bis brother and .lived at Cook. *He had been at his brotner’s 'house and wa£ bringing the little girl and oither members of the family to his home at Schneider when the collision took place. The girl was killed instantly.