Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1914 — WINAMAC SISTERS KILLED BY TRAIN [ARTICLE]

WINAMAC SISTERS KILLED BY TRAIN

Olive and Myrtle Kelso Killed Sunday Morning—Thought Fast Train Was Going to Stop. r” Winamac, Ind., Oct. 24.—Olive and Myrtle Kelso were instantly killed by a fast train on the Pennsylvania railroad in front of the depot here this morning at 5:10 o’clock. The train whs running at a high rate of speed and the women were hurled forty or fifty feet. .Both bodies were ‘badly mutilated. Miss Olive had gone to the depot to take a train to Chicago with the intention of going to Dixon, HL, to visit friends. She Was accompanied to the station by her sisters, Myrtle and Grace. Miss Kelso intended to take the local train, but it Was several hours late, The agent telegraphed to Logansport to get one of the fast trains to stop at this point. Two of these trains follow each other at a short interval and the agent was informed that the second train would stop. While Olive and Myrtle were waiting for the train, Grace went to the restaurant to get a lunch and did at witness the terrible accident. When the first train approached the two young women who were killed thought it would stop. It was necessary to cross two tracks to board the train and the young women started across the tracks. The agent called to them to tell them the train would not stop, but they either did not hear him or did not understand what he said. Just as they reached the second track they were strurk by the train. The young women belonged to an excellent family and their tragic death is deeply regretted.