Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1910 — WOMAN KILLED AT R.R.CROSSING [ARTICLE]

WOMAN KILLED AT R.R.CROSSING

Miss Minnie Darter Victim of Tuesday Afternoon Train 'OCCURRED AT WEBSTER ST. Victim Was Very Deaf and Did Not Hear or See Approaching Train—Body Was Thrown 75 Feet, a Broken and Twisted Mass of Bones and Flesh.

A fatal accident occurred at 3:45 Tuesday afternoon at the Webster street crossing of the Monon railroad, the second crossing east of the depot. The victim was Minnie J. Darter, aged 35, an unmarried woman who resided with her brother Charles and sister Mrs. Ada Schleagle in the Payne property north of the railroad. The family came here last fall from Indianapolis, and Miss Darter was a sister of Mrs. Landy Magee, to whose home she was going on the south side when struck and killed by the north-bound afternoon Monon train, which was about 20 minutes late and running quite fast at this point. The woman was almost totally deaf, and did not hear nor see the train. John English was working near by and yelled a warning to her, but she did not hear him. The engineer saw her too late to stop, and when struck She was almost directly in the center of the track. The body w r as thrown 75- feet and fell in the ditch at the south of the track, and when picked up it was found that the skull had been fractured and many bones broken.

When gathered up the woman was unconscious and so remained until her death, which, occurred soon after the removal to her home. The remains, accompanied by the relatives of deceased, were taken to Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon for burial.