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Tragic Car Crash Kills Two Benton County Children
A Burlington family suffered losses when a car struck a horse and buggy fatally injuring Fred Luetgar’s two children, a 12 year old and a 3 year old, with the car’s occupants including a 3 week old baby and the parents. The horse died on impact and the children died hours later in hospital.
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Fred Luetgar
Burlington
Luetgar
Elizabeth Platt
Sabin School
Des Moines
Joseph Mattes
Odebolt
Mattes
Kate Shivers
M. M. Shivers
Marion County
Ben Hudson
Agricultural College
Nimes
Harvey
Lester P. Barlow
Clear Leake
Villa
U. S. Navy
el Paso
Tex
Iowa
United States Express Company
Wells Fargo & Co
United States
Rock Island
Harold Clark
Albuquerque
N. M
Sioux City
Iowa Academy of Science
Agnes Naomi King
Mount Pleasant Wesleyan College
Enry County
T. Neveln
Storm Lake
le Mars
Mt. Ayr
Mra. C
St. Joseph
Upper Iowa
Towan
Mary Builard
van Wert
Isuina McLain
Suean R. Retsine
Kalona
Council Bluffs
John ‘Runcyon
Perry
William Sayles
Council
George
Spriggs
Veda Sprigz
Newton
Rte
Vstate Board
Healthpeat 6
Henry Tyler
Colfax
Helen West
Tyler
Miss West
Waterloo Park Commission
Roy Spade
Rock Island Arsenal
Mississippi
Davenport
Spade
State Board of Education
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Old Capitol Building
Old Science Hall
School of Domestic Science
Dentistry
Cedar Valley Power Company
Nashua
Clarkesville
Bristow
Allison
Dumont
Parkersburg
Hampton
Chapin
Sheffield
Rockwell
County Board of Supervisors