The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-05

Besides Miss Scott, those killed
were Beulah Peterson, 7, and June
Mason, 8. Lester Peterson, II.
brother of Beulah and Edith. was
one Of the witnesses. He was under
the trestle, calling franticalIy for
the trapped ones to jump, when the
tragedy occurred.
MISS SCOTT and the children
4VA had planned a weiner roast
They left in the afternoon to gather
willow sticks along the railroad
tracks to use in roasting weiners.
The three children were on the
trestle when the train appeared.
Miss Scott rushed to rescue them.
She threw Edith Peterson to safety
as the train roared toward them. its
whistle shrieking constantly as the
engineer set every brake.
Edith suffered minor injuries. The
teacher could not reach the other
Two IN time and died with them.
Lester Peterson was taken to the
j. M. Young hospital, at Annawan
where he told today how he tried
to save his sister Edith, and failed.
only to have the teacher succeed.
The trestle is 100 feet long and
we were in the middle of it over
Spring creek when we heard the
locomotive whistle" the boy said.
We turned and could see the
train coming down the track. 1t
was so close there wasn't time to
run to the far end of the trestle.
The children began crying.
MY sister Edith was standing
4VA beside me. She didn't know
what to do. I grabbed her and
tried to push her to the edge of the
trestle, so I could throw her over
the edge. She held back, CRYING.
L had no more time and I jumped
down into the creek bed, just twenty
feet below, just as the train reached
the trestle. I called up to the
others to jump after me, but the
train was making SO much noise
they didn't hear
Right after / fell and rolled a
few feet, saw another body come
down from above. 1t was my sister
Edith. She had been pushed over
the edge by Miss Scott"
The sister was injured more Sc
riously than her brother, but after
a night of anxiety, hospital attend
ants said today that she would re-
cover.
CIT was terrible" Edith whispered
L in the hospital today. st guess
we could have escaped, but I was
SO frightened, I couldn't move. Miss
Scott, Beulah, and June were Just
glued to the tracks"
Alvira Peterson. the 13-year-old
sister of Beulah and Edith, and the
oldest child in the party said the
hiking party had ample warming
before the train sped onto the
trestle.
I'VE screamed as loudly as we
could" she related, with shudder.
1SaCIleI turned around saw the
train. She stood still for an in
slant. Some of the boys ran along
side the trestIe and begged those
above to jump.
They didn't seem to pay any at
tention. They were awfully white
and were too scared to even try to
help themselves. Then I covered
my face. didn't see the train
strike them. just heard other
children scream"
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MISS SCOTT, red-haired and
Iva pretty, was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Scott of
Atkinson, where the two children
who were killed, also lived.
The teacher was a graduate of the
Western State Teachers college at
Macomb, ILL.,, and had been teach
ing for several years in the Grand
View school.
A change in the schedule of the
Rock Island railroads Rocky Noun
tain Limited, which was the train
that struck the teacher and her
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