Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1920 — DAVID ELDER KILLED BY TRAIN [ARTICLE]

DAVID ELDER KILLED BY TRAIN

In Indianapolis Saturday Afternoon —Formerly* of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. L. Roadruk of Morocco were called to Indianapolis Saturday night by the fatal Injury of the father of the tatter, David Elder, a former resident of Parr and Rensselaer, and who with his family have been living In Indianapolis for the past couple of years. No other details of the accident have been received here other than the following paragraph from the accident column in Monday evening’s Indianapolis News: "David Elder, 1523 Fletcher avenue, died Saturday night at St. Francis hospital as a result of injuries suffered late in the afternoon when he was struck by a switch engine at Keystone avenue and the Big Four railroad tracks. According to witnesses, Elder, who was employed at the Prospect street plant of the Citizens Gas company, failed to hear a warning sounded by Harry F. Tennent, 1026 St. Peter street, conductor of a switching crew, and stepped In front of the engine.” Burial was made, it is presumed, in Indianapolis. Mr. Elder was a carpenter by trade and was perhaps. 70 yeans of age. He had quite a large family of children.