Gertrude Shaw, daughter of Christopher and Alice Ann Shaw, was born in Preston, Lancastire, England, April 4, 1894 and died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 20, 1929, at the age of 35 years.
When she was 19 years old she came with her parents to this country and they lived at Stanhope, Iowa, for a short time, later moving to Lenox, where her father was pastor of the Blue Grove Christian church. Early in life she became a member of the church and her Christian character and sweet disposition won her many friends.
She was married to Orson Cochran, December 16, 1917 and to them was born one child, Warren. Mrs. Cochran had been in delicate health for years and had suffered much, but at the time of the accident, her health had begun to improve.
O. P. Arnold tells us that he visited Orson Cochran in the hospital at Council Bluffs this week and found out some further details about the accident in which Mrs. Cochran was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were returning from Modale, la., to Lenox and passed through Council Bluffs. As they were leaving town they stopped at a filling station to inquire about the directions for following No. 34 out of town. A truck was passing by at the time and the station attendant told Mr. Cochran to follow the truck as it was headed for Red Oak and would follow No. 34.
Mr. Cochran followed the truck and while watching it did not observe that they were approaching the railroad crossing. The truck driver was evidently trying to beat the train to the crossing and succeeded but just as he got across
Mr. Cochran saw the train approaching. He swerved his car sideways but struck a large electric signal post set in the paving and this bounced his car onto the track in the path of the train.
Mr. Arnold saw the car. It was a new Ford Sedan and the front end of it was badly wrecked. Two glasses in the body remained unbroken.
Mr. Cochran and his son, Warren, are improving nicely and Rev. Shaw is also improving. The two drainage tubes have been taken from Rev. Shaw's chest now.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 28, 1929
When she was 19 years old she came with her parents to this country and they lived at Stanhope, Iowa, for a short time, later moving to Lenox, where her father was pastor of the Blue Grove Christian church. Early in life she became a member of the church and her Christian character and sweet disposition won her many friends.
She was married to Orson Cochran, December 16, 1917 and to them was born one child, Warren. Mrs. Cochran had been in delicate health for years and had suffered much, but at the time of the accident, her health had begun to improve.
O. P. Arnold tells us that he visited Orson Cochran in the hospital at Council Bluffs this week and found out some further details about the accident in which Mrs. Cochran was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were returning from Modale, la., to Lenox and passed through Council Bluffs. As they were leaving town they stopped at a filling station to inquire about the directions for following No. 34 out of town. A truck was passing by at the time and the station attendant told Mr. Cochran to follow the truck as it was headed for Red Oak and would follow No. 34.
Mr. Cochran followed the truck and while watching it did not observe that they were approaching the railroad crossing. The truck driver was evidently trying to beat the train to the crossing and succeeded but just as he got across
Mr. Cochran saw the train approaching. He swerved his car sideways but struck a large electric signal post set in the paving and this bounced his car onto the track in the path of the train.
Mr. Arnold saw the car. It was a new Ford Sedan and the front end of it was badly wrecked. Two glasses in the body remained unbroken.
Mr. Cochran and his son, Warren, are improving nicely and Rev. Shaw is also improving. The two drainage tubes have been taken from Rev. Shaw's chest now.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 28, 1929
Gertrude Shaw, daughter of Christopher and Alice Ann Shaw, was born in Preston, Lancastire, England, April 4, 1894 and died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, November 20, 1929, at the age of 35 years.
When she was 19 years old she came with her parents to this country and they lived at Stanhope, Iowa, for a short time, later moving to Lenox, where her father was pastor of the Blue Grove Christian church. Early in life she became a member of the church and her Christian character and sweet disposition won her many friends.
She was married to Orson Cochran, December 16, 1917 and to them was born one child, Warren. Mrs. Cochran had been in delicate health for years and had suffered much, but at the time of the accident, her health had begun to improve.
O. P. Arnold tells us that he visited Orson Cochran in the hospital at Council Bluffs this week and found out some further details about the accident in which Mrs. Cochran was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were returning from Modale, la., to Lenox and passed through Council Bluffs. As they were leaving town they stopped at a filling station to inquire about the directions for following No. 34 out of town. A truck was passing by at the time and the station attendant told Mr. Cochran to follow the truck as it was headed for Red Oak and would follow No. 34.
Mr. Cochran followed the truck and while watching it did not observe that they were approaching the railroad crossing. The truck driver was evidently trying to beat the train to the crossing and succeeded but just as he got across
Mr. Cochran saw the train approaching. He swerved his car sideways but struck a large electric signal post set in the paving and this bounced his car onto the track in the path of the train.
Mr. Arnold saw the car. It was a new Ford Sedan and the front end of it was badly wrecked. Two glasses in the body remained unbroken.
Mr. Cochran and his son, Warren, are improving nicely and Rev. Shaw is also improving. The two drainage tubes have been taken from Rev. Shaw's chest now.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 28, 1929
When she was 19 years old she came with her parents to this country and they lived at Stanhope, Iowa, for a short time, later moving to Lenox, where her father was pastor of the Blue Grove Christian church. Early in life she became a member of the church and her Christian character and sweet disposition won her many friends.
She was married to Orson Cochran, December 16, 1917 and to them was born one child, Warren. Mrs. Cochran had been in delicate health for years and had suffered much, but at the time of the accident, her health had begun to improve.
O. P. Arnold tells us that he visited Orson Cochran in the hospital at Council Bluffs this week and found out some further details about the accident in which Mrs. Cochran was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Cochran and Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were returning from Modale, la., to Lenox and passed through Council Bluffs. As they were leaving town they stopped at a filling station to inquire about the directions for following No. 34 out of town. A truck was passing by at the time and the station attendant told Mr. Cochran to follow the truck as it was headed for Red Oak and would follow No. 34.
Mr. Cochran followed the truck and while watching it did not observe that they were approaching the railroad crossing. The truck driver was evidently trying to beat the train to the crossing and succeeded but just as he got across
Mr. Cochran saw the train approaching. He swerved his car sideways but struck a large electric signal post set in the paving and this bounced his car onto the track in the path of the train.
Mr. Arnold saw the car. It was a new Ford Sedan and the front end of it was badly wrecked. Two glasses in the body remained unbroken.
Mr. Cochran and his son, Warren, are improving nicely and Rev. Shaw is also improving. The two drainage tubes have been taken from Rev. Shaw's chest now.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday November 28, 1929
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