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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
2
Company crews clear byway the wreck and repair the telegraph and ticket offices in the waiting room. Workmen repair the damaged signal offices and nearly finish repairs. The track is fixed and trains no longer slow down as services resume.
In Mackinaw Illinois a car carrying Ransom Hasty 46 and his family was struck by a Big Four passenger train as they returned from a cemetery. Three children Teddy Kilby and Lawrence Hasty aged three to seven, Mrs Harty 85 and Harold Watson 17 were killed. Train conductors Tom Malin and George Clark of Indianapolis operated the mining machine at the Dixie Vein coal mine nearby with tests proving successful. Bloomington editors Joe DeLo and Birdie Hess named state fair editor for Indiana Daily Student.
June 84 five hundred tons of coal was hoisted at the Panhandle mine yesterday the first coal in many months. Loading began Monday and continued Tuesday. The mine isn’t at full force, and there are plenty of mine cars for the haul.
At 4.3 o'clock yesterday at the Alexandria crossing Marjorie VanHorn six year old stepdaughter of Mrs. VanHorn was seriously injured and taken to Mercy hospital at Elwood where a fair chance for recovery was noted. Mrs Cranfiel and her dater attended the funeral of Clara Mitchell a distant relative.
Bluffton resident Bluffton Gilbert Redman was driving past a machine on the highway near Decatur when a bottle was thrown from another car, breaking his windshield. Redman was cut by flying glass but could not identify the culprits.
A Sunday program at George Rogers Clark speedway near Vincennes Indiana features three top contenders for the lion’s share of purses Howdy Wilcox Bill Cummins and Bill McCoy will drive Art Chevrolet Special cars in three events Nine other drivers are entered including Bennie Benifeld Mark Billman Stace Bone Ralph Biddle Howard King Merele Strain Bill McCoy William Howe and Earl Rue Elimination trials will be held Sunday morning for the dirt track program
Speedway officials announced added space for eight cars at 2 p m as the fastest cars prepare for tl fast tom mile event. Babb was sentenced to federal prison on a white slave charge.
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