Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-08-28
GIRL KILLED AND
MOTHER MAY Die
Fatal Accident East Of Council
Bluffs When Great West.
ern Train Hits Auto,
OTHERS BADLY INJURED

In . grade crossing accident yestef'
day afternoon two miles south OF
Tennant In Shelby county, forty miles
northeast oi Council Bluff, an auto
mobns driven BY Albert Hanson. a
farmer, was crushed, his j.yeat.old
daughter Agnes was killed, his wife
received injuries that may prove fatal.
he 7.ysaf.old daughter Lucille was
painfully hurt and Hanson was badly
bruised, The esf was hit by a pas
ssngsf train on the Great Western.
Az NJ the injured people were
brought 10 Council Bluffs and taken
10 the Edmundson hospital
Hanson was on his way to his
home, several miles west Of Tenant.
and failed 10 see the approaching pas
sehgsf train The rear scat, where
the mother ard younger daughter sat.
received the direct impact of the train.
bot the front seat. occupied by Han
son and the older child, was not
crushed. The automobile was thrown
nearly fifty feet
Hurried 70 Bluffs.
The injured people we're placed
aboard the train and message sent
10 Df. Augustine at Minden to meet
the train, and orders sent for am
bulauess 10 be at the station in Coun-
~ tjiufis The little girl was dead
when the train arrived in Council
Bluffs ard the mother was Under the
influence Of an opsate administered
by the Minden physician.
Dfs. Y, L. Treynor and Z. A. Mcr-
ritt we're at the hospital when the
Cutler ambulance brought the injured
people. Mr.. Hanson had almost re-
covered and vas able to walk. The
older child was also found to have
suffered only severe shock, but the
mothers condition was pronounced
TO be grave She vas suffering from
internal injuries and injuries TO the
hips and spine which could not be
fully determined until an X-ray ex-
animation was made
The train was running about forty
miles an hour when the crossing was
reached The report Of the train
crew was sent to Clarion after the
train had reached Omaha aid the
details were not learned here beyond
the statement that the whistle had
given the usual warning half mile
from the crossing. Hansons he
neither saw nor heard the approach
ing train. High weeds and luxuriant
vegetation obscured the view OF the
track from the country roadway.
Electric Signals.
In this connection a communication
received Saturday afternoon by H ar
~ Crowi. secretary OF the Chamber
oi Commerce. from the Great West
crn officials at Chicago 10 interesting.
II was to the effect that the company
would Immediately begin the work
OF installing electric signals at all Of
It's dangerous crossings in the state.
The letter was in response to re-
quests for the protection OF the cross
ing on Woodbury. avenue, where Mrs
Storz and her sister were killed sew
erai weeks ago. and on South avenue
Two Others Hurt.
Oskaloosa. Ia, Aug. H-(Special)
Two men were probably fatally in
iured when an automobile. en- route
to the state fair. turned turtle five
miles ou, OF Oskaloosa yesterday
They we're c. L. White and Ray
Courtney, both OF Oskaloosa. The
car was driven by Martin Billick, who
was altb seriously injured. The men
were taken to the city hospital at
Oskaloosa, where but little hope was
held out ior the recovery OF either
White or Courtney.