Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-21
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Young Lady and a Little Boy Killed
An OIo Man Badly Havt.
From the shelbyvllle nl) Leader, July

From the Shelbyyille llll.) Leader, July 7.
Yesterday morning terrible and fata
accident happened at the crossing of the
Indianapolis and st. Louis railroad and the
: State road, about one mile east of this city,
by which two human beings were killed al.
most instantly, and another one so severely
hurt that his recovery is considered doubt.
full. The victims were Mary Stables, 0
beautiful young lady, aged about Is, killed
instantly; James Stables, aged about 1C
years, who lived but a few minutes after
| the accident, and Edward Stables, the
father, who received severe injuries. 1t
seems that this terrible visitation happened
| as follows
Mr. Stables. who resides about eighteen
miles southeast of this city, in Prairie town
ship, was coming to this place in two
horse wagon, accompanied by his daughter
and little son. Near the points where the
roads cross the railroad makes short curve
Mr. Stables was In the act of crossing the
railroad when The fast express train 70. 2,
due here at >. 10 h, m, Came uaanlng around
the curve, and before the horses could be
urged across the track or the train checked,
the locomotive struck the wagon about the
middle, tearing it to pieces, dashing Mr..
Stables, who was sitting in the front of tbs
and the young lady and boy, who were
near the osntre of the bed, were thrown
with euch violence upon the pilot andagainst
the front part of the engine as to fracture
their skulls and produce other bodily injur-
les, causing almost instant death. The
wagon.bed was carried on the cowcatcher
nearly one hundred yards before it fell off
The train was stopped about one hundred
and fifty yards from where it struck the
wagon, and the dead body OF the girl and
almost lifeless form of the boy were found
lodged upon the pilot where they were
thrown at the time of the fatal COLLISION
The dead and wounded were brought to
the depot here on the train, where the boy
expired few minutes after, and the father
having his wounds dressed was conveyed
to the house of friend in the city. The
dead body of the young lady, just budding
into womanhood, few minutes be-
fore enjoying good health and happiness,
and that Of the bright little boy who had
not yet arrived at an age to comprehend
the sorrows and trials of this lite were laid
out in the ladies apartment OF the depot
upon cushions belonging TO seats of the
train covered over with aquilt where they
remained until 2 o'clock p. m, when a
Coroner's jury assembled and held an in
quest upon their remains. A large number
of persons, both old and young, visited the
depot during the day, and with sorrowing
hearts aud fearful eyes viewed the mangled
forms Of those two beings SO suddenly and
terribly cut oil.
After the examination of several wit
nesses, among whom We're the engineer and
fireman Of train No 2, who had been tele. |
graphed at pana to return and attend the
inquest, the jury returned in substance the
following verdict: That Mary Stables and
James Stables appeared to have their
skulls crushed pld otherwise injured by
collision with the engine of passenger train
No. 2 of the indianapolis & st. Louis Rail-
road, about one mile east of the city of
Shelbyville, and that they camo to their
death by said wounds and bruises, and not
otherwise,