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IUp hi m in* (tinning m i *lt;?,COWGER KILLED IN TRAIN WRECKHiHMI'lt III. \CkS\lliTI III Hi:.\ H UM Ol IM II 1,1 NO ION\lt; lt;I HI NTK. Cowger, *»9. who I \ed nearly all of his Hr* in Wirsft ingtou. hilt who has been an em-l 11 ty ** in the Hurllngton railwayshops lit West llnrltngton fot thelast 12 or la yours, wan ope ofiho five men killed in a train, wreck near Iturhngton laic* Sat ,Su rday.Mr Cowger was born Nov 7,Isttv. a son of LuNdy ulid Hannah . Cowger, ant! was reared in Washington. lit* was matTied to Irene i lurk of Washington and Ih* s»u viv*»s. They had no childrenFor many yonr.», unit! he removed to Hurlington, Mi Cowgei operated a hlacksiuilh shop onSmith Iowa avenue, in the building on the corner just across the street from the Christian Sciencechurch lie was a happy, coinpanions hie man who had many rhutds in Washington Surviving him are two sisters,Mrs It. 1). Huge of Washington anti Mrs tleorgo Mead of CedarItaplds, and otto brother, John Cowger of Long lleach, Calif 1‘hese brothers and sisters are d* eeiised: Mrs Harry floss, MrsWill (toss, Mrs Ft ha Si pit t, Wil-Iliam anti I Ira cl Cowger.Mrs Cage and Mrs. Cowger’R sister. Mrs Leroy Schilling wetttjto Burlington after learning ofhis death.The wreck in which Mr Cow-get- hi,(| fot,,- others were killed eras a colli* I ou betvvlt;*«-n the shop train on which they were returning to their homes in iturlington and a fast freight on the ma nline of tin* road The shop train,composed of wooden coaches, was barely moving, having jusf pass etf onto the main Muck from ashop switch, when struck by the freight. The shop train was struck from the rear by the bigfreight engine There Were :t II0shop workmen on the train whenit was struck.O Connor Baby of lt;Ainsworth Is Dead ;
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Washington Democrat Independent
Washington, Iowa, US
Wed, Mar 02, 1938
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