Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — BANKER AND WIFE HIT BY CAR, DIE [ARTICLE]

BANKER AND WIFE HIT BY CAR, DIE

lowans Hurled From Auto and Terribly Mangled. RUN DOWN AT A CROSSING Fast Going Traction Flyer Is Hidden From View by a Cornfield and the Mctcrists Are Crushed In Collision Seemingly Unavoidable Husband, r-e-d cf Spring Lake, la., Institution,' V/rs on the Way to Visit Cousin .’hen Halted by Tragedy. -Cueon. Ind.. Aug. 6. —Mr. and n 'Cravens of Spring Lake, . v ; stantly killed as the result .■ : co’l s r n between their touring car : ; the r.un flyer, a limited traction cr.r. one n:i!e north of Alexandria. A cornfield intervened between the automobile and the car, so that it was impossible for Cravens to see the flyer or for the motorman to see the automobile until the crash occurred. Cravens’ head was almost severed from the body and Mrs. Craven’s body was also badly mangled. Cravens, who was the president of the First National bank at Spring Lake, la., had a, cousin in Indianapolis and he was en route to that city from Chicago when killed.