De
Pere, Wisconsin Train Wreck
June
29, 1900
EIGHT KILLED IN COLLISION.
Train Carrying Excursionists to a Saengerfest
Runs Into a Freight Train.
Green Bay, Wis. (Special). -- A north-bound
passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern
Road, loaded with excursionists bound for the
Saengerfest in this city, collided with a
freight train at De Pere, five miles south of
here. Eight persons were killed and thirty-four
were injured.
The dead are: EDWARD KUCKLE and LAWRENCE
PLAND, of Foud du Lac; GEORGE L. LLOYD, of Eden;
CHARLES MIERSWA, MATT KORCHER and BURT IVES, of
Oshkosh; ADAM WEBER and a man from Ashland whose
name is unknown.
The accident happened just as the passenger
train was pulling into the station. A
double-header freight train was backing on to a
side track to let the passenger train go by, but
had not cleared the main track.
When the two trains came together the first
coach, which was a combination smoking and
baggage car, was driven through the second
coach, where the loss of life occurred. The
cause of the accident was the failure of the
freight crew to give the passenger train the
right of way.
The Cranbury Press New Jersey 1900-06-29
Submitted & transcribed by Stu
Beitler Thank you,
Stu!
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