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o c _ HARYA]HARTLANDLAD LOSES LIFE ATRAIL CROSSINGHerman Rasch, 17, Member Heaven City Colony, Killed by Train on TuesdayCOMPANION ESCAPED SERIOUSLY INJUREDFatality Befell Boys Near McCauley and Henry Sullivan Farms, Five Miles Southeast of HarvardHerman RABch, 17 year old member of Heaven City colony at Hart-land, was killed and'Fred Mbore, 11, member of the same organization, was seriously Injured on Tuesday morning when the motor truck they were driving was struck by the Janesville accommodation train at 8:25 at the McCauley grade crossing one mile east of Heaven City farmRasch was Instantly killed How his companion escaped similar fate Is regarded as miraculous. The boys were enroute to Hartland village to jiurchase supplies for tho colony farm. The grade crossing is termed very dangerous, especially for east bound traffic, a deep cut in the railroad shutting out a clear view from the highway to the west. Their motor truck was totally wrecked.The Dody of young Rasch was taken to undertaking rooms at Woodstock An Inquest was held over the body yesterday by E. H Cook, county coroner Young Moore was first taken to Woodstock and thence to the Dr. Peck hospital in this city A broken leg bone, injuries about the legs, body and face i i constituted the nature of his afflictions. He was able to undergo the trip to the colony farm on Tuesday eveningSon of Colony FounderYoung Moore Is a son of Alhert J Moore, founder of Heaven City colony and which is now more gen } orally known as Life Institute The j parents of young Rasch are nlso members of the organization The ! boys left the farm but a short time i before the tragedy befell them They j were conversant with the road and j grade crossing, but did not see the I train until it was almost upon them, I according to testimony given by '• | members of the train crew at the 1 coroner’s inquest yesterduyThe identity of the boys was not established until after they had been taken to Woodstock Mrs. S P Talcott. trustee at the colony, and one of her sons, were first to recognize the boys as members of the Life Institute organization After j the inquest yesterday afternoon the j J j body of Rasch wns taken to the i p olony home Hurtal will follow j 3 i either today or tomorrow ]Mr and Mrs. 11 Rasch, parents ! of the boy whose life was crushed, out. were in Chicago at the time, their daughter accompanying them to the city They were communl cated with during the afternoon and reached the colcfny farm late Tues-, day eveningj Dangerous Grade CrossingsOnly a short time ago. Henrietta and Mathilda Gordon, 17 and 11 year old daughters of Mr and Mrs. Ger-hardt Gordon, lost their lives in a similar manner at a railroad grade crossing near Harvard Like the two boys of Heaven City colony, j they did not see an approaching i ( train until the locomotive engine was almost upon their automobile Both were killed instantly
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Harvard Herald And Independent
Harvard, Illinois, US
Thu, Apr 29, 1926
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