Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1905 — Two Girls Struck by Train. [ARTICLE]

Two Girls Struck by Train.

Wabash, Ind., Feb. 9. —Orsa Musselman and Yerda Beck, 14 years old, daughters of prominent fanners near Athens, while driving across the tracks of the Erie railroad at Athens, were struck by an express train. The buggy was demolished. Both girls and the buggy top landed on the pilot of the engine, where they were found when the train stopped. Miss Musselman’s skull was fractured and she will probably die. Beck was almoot uninjured.