News: Greenwood People – Train Collision (Feb 1910)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Decker, Kippenhan, Baumann, Syth

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 10 Feb 1910

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Decker, Chris Kippenhan, August Baumann and John Syth, who left this city for the west last week Monday morning, were in a head on collision with a passenger train while about two miles east of Wilmer, Minnesota. Aside from being badly shaken up and more or less frightened, that was all the damage that was done to them, but the stock was pretty badly used up. Mr. Kippenhan and Mr. Syth each had one of their horses killed, and Mr. Baumann had twelve of his chickens killed, caused by one of the horses falling on them.

In the car back of theirs there were twelve head of horses belonging to other parties, eight of which were killed outright.