Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1914 — FRED CARTER KILLED BY MONON TRAIN [ARTICLE]

FRED CARTER KILLED BY MONON TRAIN

Former Deputy Sheriff of Lake County Met Death at Cedar Lake—Another Injured. Cedar Lake, Ind., April 9—F. S. Carter, of Hammond, was instantly killed this afternoon at 1:25 o’clock and Ambrose Wurbonchich, of Hammond, was badly injured when a Monon passenger train struck and demolished an automobile in which the two men were riding. —— The accident happened at a crossing one mile north of this place and the men were driving eastward. Their machine was struck by passenger train No. 33, on the air line division- of the Monon, which was on its way from Chicago to Indianapolis and- was running at full speed. The engineer stated that, he did not see the automobile and its occupants until the machine was on the track directly in front of the engine. It was too late for him to stop the train and avert the accident. The train was stopped and the body of Mr. Carter, who had been instantly killed, and Mr. Wurbonchich were placed on the train and taken to Lowell. Mr. Carter was 42 years old and was ex-sheriff of Lake county. He was manager of a brewery at Hammond.