A Collison on the Midland, near Amber - 1900

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A Collison on the Midland, near Amber - 1900

LEA, HOSKINSON, SHERMAN, SHOEMAKER, HARDING

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 3/27/2017 at 10:38:11

The Clinton Mirror
W. D. Eaton, Editor
Clinton, Iowa, January 20, 1900
A collison on the Midland, near Amber, Wednesday, between the passenger and the freight, did considerable injury to men and trains. Engineer Lea had a shoulder dislocated and bruises; Conductor Sherman and Brakeman Harding, severe hurts; Expressman Hoskinson a collar bone broken; and Engineer Shoemaker, riding as a passenger to Anamosa had his back injured. Cause – trains couldn’t pass on a single track.

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