The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-25
Mile a Minute Passenger Strikes Hayrack Loaded
 With Young People
BILLBOARD HIDES
 ENGINE FROM VIEW
Victims Returning From Trip Into Country Where They Had Attend ed a Wedding Anniversary.
 Bodies Badly Mangled

Neenah, Wis, September A.-Sixteen deaths probably will result from mile a minute passenger train crashing into a narty of s1 merrymaking, young people loaded on a hayrack here this after roon.s A big billboard obscured from view the locomotive as well as from the wagon.
 Mist and fog did the rest. Twelve per sens on the hayracl were instantly killed. One since has died and three out of eisht others injured are believed to be fatally hurt. Nine of the S1 persons on the wagon escaped without a scratch, and so did both horses. Nobody on the train suffered
 Was Grade Crossing
 The collision occurred at $40 o'clock Oil the Chicago and Northwestern railroad a. grade crossing here. The victims were returning from trip into the coun- try, where they had attended wedding anniversary All but two, who were Chi tagos men, were residents of Menasha.
 Tine dead:
 John Drill, Chicago.
 James Chester.
 Gustdve Finn
 Mabel Hart.
 .;onn Hart.
 Steven Lizk. i- ' Domnick ommiechiski.
 Mabel Renz
 Jolin SchedicK.
 Joseph Scheoick.
 Joseph Sicnyo
 Frank Sisgardt
 Is4belle Suchowski.
 Arnless, legless and headless bodies covered the right of way as the train of nine coaches was brought to stop So0 feet from the scene of the crash.
 Bodies Horribly Mangled
 Several of the bodies were so badly mangIed that Identification was possible only by fragments of clothing.
 Six of the victims were discovered dead on the engine pilot, where they iay until removed by the train crew and passengers. Two others were hurled through a fagmans shanty with such force as to oyerturn the little shack.
 One of these, Miss Finn, was still alive when picked up. She died a few hours later Another of the victims killed was thrown high over a barn 50 feer from the railway right of way. Among the aecupants or tho hasyatls sla esfa sssid were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph RrizisSi and their child of years. They were seated In the front half Of the rack, the mothrr he ,ding the child in her lap About haf way back in. the wagon sat Mary schwartzbauer, who was hurled about 60 feet and rendered unconscious. When found by rescuers the Brinzinski child was in her arms having escaped unscathed, The parents of the child were only slightly injured.
 Peter Hanson, driver, managed to hang to the reins. and was the only person aboard who was not temporarily stunned. He declares he made every ef- fort to look in both directions along the .Iack but did not observe the on-rushing train until his team was on the track. lie whipped up the horses, but could not manage to get the vehicle fully over z Practically every person in the wagon was an einploye Of the Menasha Wooden ware company. and all were invited 10 attend the wedding anniversary at the Hanson farm. fellow empoye Mr. Hanson had conveyed the merrymakers to his farm in the early evening and was taking them back home, the round trip being completed except for miles drive, ; when the collision occurred. On the out going trip the hayrack contained 40 or more persons, but the rig was nncom- fortably crowded, and on the return trip ar additional wagon was obtained.
 Eight of the party occupied the second wagon, which followed about mile be- hlnd
 farmer, his wife and two children recently were killed in a similar accident at tie same place. During the last eight years nearly two dozen persons have lost their lives at about the same spot.