Pioneer Genealogical Society - Ponca City, Oklahoma
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The Blackwell
Times Record Submitted
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DEATH AT THE CROSSING A. F.
Stiger, who lived 5 miles west of Braman was instantly killed by the south
bound Santa Fe train Monday evening. We have been unable to learn all
of the particulars regarding the accident, but from information at hand,
we judge it to have been practically as follows. Mr. Stiger had been to
Hunnewell, and was returning home and while crossing the road about a
mile and a half from town, he was struck. A majority of the witnesses
claim that Stiger saw the train, and attempted to cross ahead of it. The
body of Mr. Stiger was caught on the pilot and when reached by the train
crew he was dead, and it is supposed that death was instantaneous. One
of the horses was so badly injured that it was necessary to kill it. The
body of Mr. Stiger was brought to Braman on the train, and Tuesday morning
an inquest was held, the train crew stopping on their way north to give
in their testimony. Engineer Clinine was on the engine, and Conductor
Wilber, in charge of the train, and we understand no blame is attached
to them. The accident is a deplorable one and Mr. Stiger is another victim
of open crossings, and whether he was at fault or the engineer, the result
is the same and the injury irreparable.
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