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Fatal first run on transfer ties engineer Mason to tragedy
In a Des Moines inquest into Miss Jella Dreyer’s death on a transferring freight line, engineers and brakemen testified about the route from Barlington street yards to Maiden Lane and Bradley place. The accident occurred on a curved spur at about five to six miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jella Dryer
Thos. Metcalf
Emry Sporleder
George Borland
Clarence Indaley
J. H. Mather
Des Moines
Airway
Bradley
Barlington Street
Bradley Place
Mt. Lindsley
Maiden Lane
Christy
Lindsley
Miss Dreyer
J. W. Tinsley
Grennan
Clarence Lindsley
Jrst
Miss Dryer
Myers
Mather
Mason
Chas. D. Christy
West Branch
Nrxt
Gheen
Nasmbera
Bradley Home
Plately
J. W. Myers
Callen
Vaiduct
A. I. Mason