Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-08-23
ILLINOIS CENTRAL TRAIN KILLS
TWO MEN IN AUTOMOBILE
NEAR DYERsvlLLE.

r. r. Mahon CT Dubuque is dead
and II. N. Brandt, also of Dubuqu.
sis perhaps fatally injured as l resul
Ell CT an accident on the crossing severa
q miles east OF the city, known as
a Prier's crossing, Thursday about
noon.
Riding in an automobile they
were ;lruck by the incoming lllinoi
Central way freight No. %. IVES.
" ound. Picked up by the freigh:
erew the men were brought to thi
II city 3to the Dyersville House. and
U 1..eed under the care Of physician
q ana where Mahon died an hour later
Erandt's condition is critical.
Mr.. Mahon is manager of the Du-
\ Luque Auto Co. and together with
sir Brandt. an employee Of the same
conc rl arrived here yesterday In an
Overland car demonstrating. About
eleven {, clock today they started OF
the return trip to Dubuque: The.
regular road to Eyre 10 Is sid e
IN poor condition ana muddy as q re
suit OF the heavy rains, and the men
intended TO take northern route
to The city. Arriving at the corner
east of the cemetery they turned
( north to the crossing known a:
Priers crossing. The crossing is al.
4 exceedingly dangerous one, large
bluff hiding the view of the track
The men evidently cid not see the
approaching train rs it came down.
the grade, the noise Of the auto also
preventing them hearing the train,
until it was too late to stop or es
cape the impending collision. 1t is
& said that in the effort to stop the ma.
chine the engine stalled, just as
they reached the track. The engine
struck the center Of the car com
pletely demolishing it and buryins
Z the men underneath the Wreckage
Dragged about forty feet it was
cast aside The train was br0ugh
to stop and the injured men were
placed in the caboose and brought t.
the city. Mahon's injuries consisted
OF a broken arm and internal injur
les. He never regained conscious
ness and died at lao O'cloch this al
ternoOn. Brandt sustained broken
arm and leg and a cash in the head
Surgeons are still at work settin.
the limbs and dressing his wounds
as the Commercial went to press. and
nothing very definite can be said OF
his condition although there are some
hopes of his recovery. Dyersyille
I Commercial.
Later Horace Brandt died shor-
" before six O'Clock Thursday after
noon, few moments after he had
been brought to Finley hospital. AT
Z the time of the first reports of the
accident Brandtg condition was not
thought to be serious, his injuries
consisting Of broken arm, a brok-
en- leg and a seyere scalp wound. It
was from this latter wound, from
which conclusion OF the brain re-
suited, and from. the general shock
which his nervous system sustained.
that his death resulted.
Crossing a Dangerous One.
The crossing at which the accident
happened has long been known as
particularly dangerous one. and sew.
eral years ago an attempt was made
to have it changed from grade
crossing to an overhead cross ing
The Illinois Central embankment at
the crossing is sufficiently high at
that point to permit this change
with comparatively little expense, il
is said, but nothing has ever been
done in the matter.
From later reports of the adciden,
1t appears that Brandt and Major
had completed the demonstration o.
their automobile and had started
back to Dubuque, leaving Dyersvil't
al about II O'Clock, taking the road
ito Farley which lies south of ant
-naralel to the Illinois Contra
tracks. Just outside of Dyersville thu
roads were in fairly good condition
but farther on were found to be Il
very poor shape. Reaching a roat
turning off from the road they Wer'
travelling, they turned north. intend
ling to take the north road into Far
lev. This brought them to the fat
al crossing, known in that vicinit!