Winton, Ohio Train Wreck
July 3, 1883
A Whole Family Killed.
CINCINNATI, July 3. -- A fatal accident
occurred to-day on the Cincinnati & Dayton
railroad at Winton, a place of crossing near
this city, at 9:15 to-night. Six persons were
killed. The “Thunderbolt” express coming south
on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railway due
here at 8:30 was half an hour late, and running
fast. It struck a huckster wagon in which was a
family of six persons besides the driver.
Everyone except WILLIAM
BERTSCH, the driver, was killed.
BERTSCH escaped with serious
injuries. The wagon was broken to splinters. The
family was that of a huckster named
HENRY KRACKE,
going to their farm, seven miles out. The
names of the killed are
HENRY KRACKE, his wife and four
children, JOHN,
aged 10, ANNIE
16, MAGGIE
12, and LIZZIE
7.
The bodies of the victims were thrown in
fragments by the roadside.
MRS. KRACKE'S head was severed
from her body. All the victims were horribly
mutilated. The locomotive was so besmeared with
blood that it was sprinkled with flour to cover
the stains.
Davenport Weekly Gazette Iowa 1883-07-04
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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