William Schroeder Died 1936

SCHROEDER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/11/2008 at 01:08:50

The Ute Independent
Ute, Monona County, Iowa
23 October 1936

Charter Oak Man Killed

William Schroeder, 48, of Charter Oak, an employe in a construction gang there for the Iowa highway commission, either fell or was pushed beneath the wheels of an eastbound Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific freight train.

John Gottburg of Schleswig, Crawford County coroner, who investigated said Schroeder’s body was badly mangled in the accident. Both arms were severed from the body.

A transient riding on the same train said he thought Schroeder had boarded the train at Charter Oak and was going to Arion, Iowa. He notified the train crew of the accident shortly after he had seen Schroeder’s body hurtle beneath the wheels, officials said.

The dead man was unmarried. His body was taken to the Sieberg funeral home at Charter Oak—Journal