The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-10-29
A Horrible Accident,

! the depot last Friday evening
] which resulted in the death Of Miss
! Grace Groves, a young lady about
Z nineteen years Of age.
ii Miss Groves and her little sister
I about three years of age, and Miss
! Mary Kadlec attended the show In
] the opera house. After the show
] they went to the Groves home on
! the west side of the track where
] they left the little girl, and the
two young ladies started back to
] the depot to meet the passenger
] train coming in from Sioux City.
! When they reached the crossing on
! the south side of the street the
] train was approaching, but evil
] IDENTIFY misjudging the distance
! they FASTENED to cross ahead Of
! the train. Miss Kadlec succeeded
! in getting Gro and hearing a cry
! from her companion she looked
around and saw Miss Groves lying
! on the track where she had tripped
+ and fallen. Those who saw the
accident say that the train was not
! more than six feet away when she
! fell, so nothing could be done to
save her. The body vas cut
and mangled beyond recognition,
{ the locomotive, and tender and
front trucks of the mail car hav-
Hing passed over it before the train
could be stopped. The remains
were gathered up and taken to the
Office of undertaken Goehring where
they were prepared for burial.
al A brother of the unfortunate girl
about twelve years old, was at the
I depot when the accident happened
4 and at once notified his parents.
The father at once came to the
scene of the accident, but the
~ mother, who was almost prostrat-
Il ed by the shock, was not permitted
"a to see the effects of the tragedy.
S Two brothers, who we're working
= near Sheldon, Iowa, were notified
!! and came to Marion Junction Sat.
urday evening where they were met
a by Fred Rohrabacher with his
"a auto and brought home.
"a The funeral was held in the Meth
e odist church Sunday afternoon at
" two o'clock, and the church was
too small to accommodate the|large
IA crowd in attendance.
"a The Groves family formerly liv-
aa ed in Illinois, but moved to Free.
xa man about a year ago. After
staying there a few months they
moved to this place, MI. Groves
T. being employed as agent for the
Freeman Nursery Co.
: Until very recently Miss Grac e
was employed in Wright's Cafe
and in the short time that she had
lived here had formed many warn
friendships.
Her shocking death is a terrible
GLOW to the brreaved family and
all that sympathizing friends can
do for them is being done to re-
lieve their suffering.
Ada Grace Groves was born nj
Olney, ILL.,, June 9, 1895. She
lived in southern Illinois until May
of last year when she came witt
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carr
Groves, to Freeman, s. d. She
lived there one year and obtaining
work in Scotland came here to live
her parents also moving here abou,
two months ago. Miss Groves
met her death under the painfu.
circumstances as given above Oh
lOct %. In January 1912, sh'
united with The Methods. Episcop
al church at Lawrenceville Ill.
DIR. Leighton's brother and hi
wife, who visited here about tel
days, returned to their home il
illinois last Saturday.
Supt. Fites an ! / President Wen z
laff Of the Springfield Normal, re
turned last Saturday from Dead
wood where they attended the stat