Huss, Anton 1903-1922

HUSS

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 8/30/2007 at 22:04:06

From the LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, June 27, 1922, Page 1, Column 6:

INJURIES PROVE FATAL

Kingsley Youth Crushed to Death by Cars

Sioux City Journal: Suffering from internal injuries as the result of a railway train collision at Kingsley, Iowa, Thursday afternoon, Anton Huss, 19-year-old son of Harry Huss, well to do Kingsley landowner, was rushed to a Sioux City hospital where he died a few hours later.

The lad's injuries resulted when a special Chicago and Northwestern train leaped through an open switch and crashed into a sandcar on which was mounted a derrick. The derrick was forced through the cab of a truck operated by young Huss, crushed him against the side of the cab.

Following the accident the boy walked to the railway station, 100 yards away, and was taken home in an automobile, apparently uninjured. Later, however, the lad began to suffer violent internal pains.

Then began a space defying race with death in which the lad was brought to St. Joseph's hospital, where an operation was performed. It was found that the lad had been so severely crushed that surgical aid was of no avail.