The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-16
DEATH CROSSING
TAKES ITS TOLL
Peter Zellers, Plumber,
Killed Saturday Night
in Crossing Crash.
SKULL WAS FRACTURED
Victim Suffers Fractured Skull
When Hurled From Auto by
Force of the Crash.

Death Crossing on the Park Avenue
road about one mile south of Kenosha,
again levied it's death toll Saturday
evening when Peter Zeller, aged 40,
a Kenosha plumber, was instantly kill-
ed when the automobile which he was
driving was struck by the $40 north
bound Chicago and Northwestern pas
senger train at this crossing. The
victims body was found on the east
side of the track; he had been hurled
from the car, receiving fractured
skull which caused instant death; one
arm was also badly mangled.
So great was the force of the i'm
pact that the automobile was torn
port of the Ger was found on the east
side of the right-of-way of the rail
way line; the body of the car was
found several yards farther down the
track on the west side of the right-of-
way.
Hurrying To His. Home.
2Zeller's nome was in Brookside
Gardens, south of Kenosha, and he
was hurrying to his home when the
accident occurred. No witnesses of
the accident who could testify regard
ing the speed with which he approach
ed the crossing have yet been found
by Coroner Joseph Friend, who is con-
Quoting a formal inquest into the
tragedy. Neither has it yet been es-
tablished whether or not sufficient
warning was given of the trains APP
proach, all of these things to be
brought out at the inquest.
The crossing where the accident &C.
Cured is known as one Of the most
dangerous in Kenosha county, and be-
cause Of that has been named Death
Crossing. There is steep grade APP
preaching it from either side and be-
cause there is turn in the highway
it is almost impossible for a driver
going west to see train approach
ing from the south. There have been
several accidents at the crossing, but
this is the first one in more than a
year.
Was Excellent Workman.
Peter Zeller, the victim of the ac-
cident, was widely known in Kenosha
For several years he was employed
by the E. J.. Sullivan Plumbing COM
pany, but for the past few months had
not been in its employ. He was to
return to the employ of that company
within a short time. +.
Following the accident, the train
was brought to halt as quickly as
possible and members of the train
crew hurried to the scene of the acct
dent. Coroner Friend and the police
department were notified of the acct
dent and the body was brought to the
Hansen Funeral Home in Kenosha.
1t was the second speed fatality of
the day in Kenosha county, another
have been killed earlier in the after
noon when his automobile somer-
saulted on the Bristol road south of
the village of Bristol.
Peter j. Zeller, the victim of the
accident, was born in Illinois, January
IS, 1885, the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Teller. He came to Kenosha five
years ago and has lived here since
that time.
In 1911 he was united in marriage
to Ada Parker at Stevens Point. He
was member of the Modern Wood
men of America and of the Steam
Filters Union of Kenosha. Surviving
him are his widow, Mrs Ada Zeller,
of Kenosha; his father, John Zeller,
of Decatur, ILL.,; three brothers, Ber-
nard L. Zeller Of Chicago, and George
A. and John Zeller, of Decatur; and
one sister, Mrs. A. J. Keck, also of
Decatur.
The remains will be taken to Deca-
tur, Illinois, where funeral services
will be held Wednesday morning at
the St. James Catholic church there.
The body will remain at the Hansen
Funeral home here until Tuesday
morning.