Murder and accident records from Union’s early history
The article revisits 1876 to 1919 Union incidents of killings and serious injuries. It lists notable cases including a cold-blooded murder in June 1901, accidental shootings involving Effie McCloud and Keith Peterson, and multiple deaths following assaults, robberies, or tragic misfires, framed as a historical ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Effie McCloud
Dan McClouds
George Smith
Burghduff
Campbell Johnson
Charles Middleton
F. Z. Whinery
Clemons
Marshall Lepley
Dr. Hunt
John Peterson
Keith
John Lepley
Burt Pell
Pell
Lepley
Linn Trimble
Paul Hauser
Thomas Hauser
Hauser
Marshalltown
Auto Related Fatalities Mark Early Vehicle Era Transitions
A historical overview tracks deadly accidents as transportation shifts from sleighs to carriages, rails to autos. Notable incidents include Daniel Spurlin in 1868, a bank façade wreck in 1874, William Anderson crushed by a freight train in 1886, Arthur Snovel killed at depot crossing in 1911, and early auto fires in 1914.
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Ward
Lockard
Daniel Spurlin
Pitts
John Joins
Fannie Jewell
Union
Bank
William Anderson
Radcliffe
Arthur Snovel
Hate Reece
Des Moines
Mormon Ridge
Stephen Jessup
Jessup
Kauffman
School Creek
Gifford
Chapman Young
Fred Drake
Drake
Davis Brothers
Jay
Justin
Colo
Frank Wirth
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Will Steenbarger
Steenbarger
Frank DeLawyer
Archie Anderson
Anderson
Ernest Avery
Eli
Ernest
Sol Rickard
Sol
Bracy Construction
Lennox
W.L. Bracy
Don Bracy Union
Iowa
Wayne’s AG
AEG EE
Wayne Caster