Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-03-30
YOUNG WOMEN
KILLED At LAKE
(From Mondays Daily.)
BODIES BROUGHT
TO BARABOO ON
THE SAME TRAIN
Professor Stuart Weller Arrives
Soon After to Take Charge
Of the Bodies

An unfortunate tragedy happened or
the east shore of Devils lake on Sunday
afternoon, two young women being
killed. The ones who lost their lives
are:
Miss Caroline Duror, New York City
Miss Lola B. Whitmore, Utica, New
York
The former was aged about % and
the latter about 25. They were stu
dents III the geological department of
Chicago university and had come to
the Baraboo hills to study the rocks for
a week. Before leaving Chicago they
had been directed to 60 to the home OF
The Park View Dairy farm, the home
Mr.. and Mrs. N. +. Sherman. They
knew the general direction and when
the train passed the lake and came on
toward Baraboo they decided that the
home of w. II. Donald was the place
where they had been directed to stop.
After the train reached Baraboo they
walked back and missed their way. go
ing by the pumping station instead OF
along Lake street.
After reaching the Donald home they
decided not to go to the Sherman farm
and made arrangements to be at the
former place for week.
On Sunday morning they did not
arise until late and soon after breakfast
started for the lake. They had no
watches that kept good time, they said,
and Mr.. Donald loaned them a watch.
They expected to return about 8 o'clock
IN time for dinner. The watch stopped
at 2:03 the time they were struck by
the engine They were offered an UNI
brella when they left but dir not take
one as they wore waterproof coats and
said they did not care to carry the um-
brella. They had their bags and other
things usually in the possession of geo.
logical students.
Evidently they had gone in the vicin-
ity of kirkland or Devils lake station
and were on their way to the home of
Mr.. Donald when the engine struck
them. They were evidentl. walk
ing on the track next to the lake and
probably on the side next to the water.
They were at the north of the two
curves on the east side of the lake. They
were on the opposite side of the track
from the engineer and could not have
been seen by those on the engine until
vi
IDENTIFY did not hear the train until about
the time they were struck. 1t had been
raining during the day but not much
moisture if any was falling at the time.
Instantly Killed
It is stated that the victims of the
accident were thrown about sixty feet,
one of them falling on the ice some dis
lance from the shore.
The train stopped at once, the bodies
we're picked up, brought to Barsboo
and placed in the undertaking rooms of
Elmer S. Johnston. Messages were at
once sent to Chicago university in order
to locate their relatives.
Miss Donald says that Miss Duror
was from New York City and the Mis
Whitmore chad resided at Utica but
that her people had moved to New Jer-
sey. She had card with the Utica
address.
District Attorney James H. Hill,
Assistant Superintendent J. w. Lay
den Road Master j. w. Wilkinson AMI
others went to the scene of the acct
dent. No inquest was held but a re-
cord was made by eye witnesses and
others.
The back of the skulls of both werv
crushed which would Indicate the
were going in the same direction as
the train. In the eastern states the
rains run on the right hand track and
+ they heard the engine coming they
no doubt thought it was on the other
track and they in perfect safety.
At the time of the accident one of
the hammers carried by the young
women could not be found. Later it
was picked up by Henry Koppke of
this city.
The engineer was Thomas Reynolds
of this city. Only few days ago his
locomotive accidentally struck a patient
" at Mendoza killing him.
Were Graduate students
On Sunday night Professor Stuart
Weller of the Geological department of
Chicago university arrived in Baraboo
to take charge of the bodies. He says
the young women were doing post
graduate work and came to Baraboo to
spend week studying the formations.
They had never visited this region be-
fore. He continued the task of attempt