Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1918 — FARMER KILLED AT CHALMERS [ARTICLE]

FARMER KILLED AT CHALMERS

When Automobile Was Struck By Monon Train Wednesday William Harris, aged 46, a farmer residing nine miles west of I Chalmers, in the Pine Grove neighi borhood, was instantly killed at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when the automobile he was driving was struck by a north bound Monon passenger train at a railroad crossing in Chalmers. Harris ha<l drove to Chalmers to meet a brother-in-law who was coming from Chicago, and Was alone in the car at the time. The train was running 15 minutes late and traveling at a high rate of speed. The whistle was blown several times, it is alleged, but the victim, who was turning his car around, eithbr did not hear or heed the warning. -c