Flint, Michigan, USA
1901 - Four Killed by Train Today.

Flint, Mich., June 14. - While MAJOR GEORGE W. BUCKINGHAM, his daughter ANNA, MRS. THOMAS APPLEGATE and her sister, MRS. GENERAL HUMPHREY, of Adrian, were out driving this morning they were struck by a Pere Marquette passenger train. All four were instantly killed. The body of Buckingham was hurled 75 feet and the remains of two ladies were found on the pilot of the engine. The close proximity of the factory buildings at the crossing prevented a clear view of the tracks and the party drove directly in front of the train moving at the rate of 30 miles an hour.

Engineer Joseph Wiggins says the first he saw was the form of the man flying through the air. The bodies were horribly mangled.

Newark Daily Advocate
Newark, Ohio
June 14, 1901

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