Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1902 — DIE IN CROSSING ACCIDENT [ARTICLE]

DIE IN CROSSING ACCIDENT

Four Instantly Killed by Mall Train Dashing Into Carriage. Kewanee, 111., dispatch: A frightful accident occurred at the Main street crossing here, in which four young people were instantly killed. The dead are Miss Maggie Keesler, Miss Blanche Harding, C. A. Butler, E. A. Emery. They were in a carriage, which was struck by train No. 8, fast east-bound mail, of the Burlington, which does not stop here. The bodies were terribly mangled.