JAMES SWEGLE

SWEGLE

Posted By: Nancee Seifert (email)
Date: 4/29/2010 at 18:08:46

Decatur County Journal
Leon, Iowa
Thursday, March 11, 1920

JAMES SWEGLE, of near Grand River, was badly injured and one of the horses
he was driving to a wagon, killed Saturday afternoon just west of Grand
River when the eastbound train struck his wagon and team as he was driving
over the track. The accident happened just a few minutes after two o'clock.

Mr. SWEGLE had started to drive to Grand River and asked a neighbor, F.D.
RUSSELL, to accompany him. They were driving along and had reached the
second crossing west of Grand River when the accident occurred. Neither of
the occupants of the wagon seemed to hear the approaching train and drove
onto the crossing. The team had just about passed over the track and the
wagon was well on the track when the engine pulling the passenger train
struck them. One horse was killed but the other animal was injured but
little. Mr. RUSSELL was thrown completely away from the wagon and was not
injured except bruises upon his legs. He suffered no broken bones. Mr.
SWEGLE was caught beneath the wreckage of the wagon. The train was stopped
and the injured man picked up and taken to the hospital at Weldon. He
received bad injuries about the head. He is getting along very well
considering the extent of his injuries. Mr. SWEGLE is about twenty-seven
years old. Both Mr. SWEGLE and Mr. RUSSELL, the two occupants of the wagon,
reside within about two miles of Grand River.
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April 28, 2010
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