Lewis J. Hansell

HANSELL, ADAMS

Posted By: CJeanealogy (email)
Date: 1/3/2018 at 17:33:16

The Cedar Rapids Times of Cedar Rapids, IA
Thursday April 13, 1876
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. --Lewis Hansell, a brakeman on the Burlington & Missouri River R.R., was almost instantly killed in an accident on that road near Woodburn Station, on Thursday of last week, the accident being the ditching of a freight train. He was a brother of Joseph Hansell, of Marion, and an uncle of the conductor of the train on which he was killed, Frank Hansell.-- The remains were taken to Marion for burial, and the funeral occurred last Sunday, the 9th.

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