TRAIN STRIKES AUTO, KILLING W. C. BICKNASE
Brockway Street Crossing Palatine, Scene of Fatal Accident
William C. Bicknase, 67, of Lake Zurich was killed at the Brockway street crossing at the Chicago and North Western railroad in Palatine at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon when struck by a local passenger train. Mr. Bicknase drove eastward along the drive through the W. R. Comfort and Sons lumber yard and turned left onto Brockway street, crossing two tracks and driving directly into the path of the Chicago-bound train, already slowing for the station stop.
According to the testimony given at the inquest held Tuesday morning in the Danielsen funeral home, the signal lights and bell at this crossing were functioning properly at the time of the accident. The left side of the locomotive hit the auto behind its center and threw it 55 feet northeast into the depot park.
Mr. Bicknase was thrown from the car and fell 20 feet from it. He suffered fractures of the skull and spine, chest hemorrhage, chest and other injuries, and died while being taken to the Community hospital. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death, finding no one at fault and making no recommendations as to changes in signals at this crossing.
Engineer Testifies
Edward F. Fitzgerald, 3821 Gladys avenue, Chicago, engineer of the train, said that he first saw the auto when it "loomed like a wall" on the track. He already had applied the air brakes for the station stop, and yanked his whistle.
On questioning Emil Selten, deputy coroner conducting the inquest, he stated that a village ordinance prohibits whistle blowing within the village limits except for emergencies, and the last previous blast was at the village limits. After the accident he backed his train to test the signals and found them working properly.
Chief witness at the inquest was Earl Preble, 6216 Champaign avenue, Chicago, driver of a pie truck, who had heeded the warning signals and was stopping on the north side of the track waiting for the train to pass when the accident occurred. He told of seeing the auto on the other side of the track and then the crash.
The accident occurred just a block from where Mr. Bicknase's brother and nephew, Henry P. Bicknase, 63, and Earl Bicknase, 34, were killed when struck by a train January 18. That accident occurred when the elder man drove his auto with his son as passenger, past the end of a standing local train and into the path of a speeding through train. He also ignored the warning signals.
Members of the coroner's jury at the inquest were William G. Bauman, Fred J. Buenzow, Frank Haman, John H. Wente, Andrew Geisen and Charles Henning.
Funeral is Today
Funeral services are being held in the Danielsen Funeral chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. John C. Voeks of the St. Paul's Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be Hillside cemetery. The Lake Zurich Masonic lodge will be in charge of the services.
William C. Bicknase was born in Palatine. For the past 30 years he operated a summer resort at Lake Zurich. He was divorced from his wife, Carrie Seip Bicknase. He was a charter member of the Lake Zurich Masonic lodge.
Mr. Bicknase leaves three children, Mrs. Myrtle Dean of Madison, Wis.; Orville Bicknase of Chicago, and Mrs. Pearl Oefelein of Hebron; three grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Glen Gallup, Mrs. Albert Behling, and Miss Lena Bicknase of Palatine, and Mrs. Minnie Miller of Chicago.
~Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Friday, December 15, 1933
Brockway Street Crossing Palatine, Scene of Fatal Accident
William C. Bicknase, 67, of Lake Zurich was killed at the Brockway street crossing at the Chicago and North Western railroad in Palatine at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon when struck by a local passenger train. Mr. Bicknase drove eastward along the drive through the W. R. Comfort and Sons lumber yard and turned left onto Brockway street, crossing two tracks and driving directly into the path of the Chicago-bound train, already slowing for the station stop.
According to the testimony given at the inquest held Tuesday morning in the Danielsen funeral home, the signal lights and bell at this crossing were functioning properly at the time of the accident. The left side of the locomotive hit the auto behind its center and threw it 55 feet northeast into the depot park.
Mr. Bicknase was thrown from the car and fell 20 feet from it. He suffered fractures of the skull and spine, chest hemorrhage, chest and other injuries, and died while being taken to the Community hospital. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death, finding no one at fault and making no recommendations as to changes in signals at this crossing.
Engineer Testifies
Edward F. Fitzgerald, 3821 Gladys avenue, Chicago, engineer of the train, said that he first saw the auto when it "loomed like a wall" on the track. He already had applied the air brakes for the station stop, and yanked his whistle.
On questioning Emil Selten, deputy coroner conducting the inquest, he stated that a village ordinance prohibits whistle blowing within the village limits except for emergencies, and the last previous blast was at the village limits. After the accident he backed his train to test the signals and found them working properly.
Chief witness at the inquest was Earl Preble, 6216 Champaign avenue, Chicago, driver of a pie truck, who had heeded the warning signals and was stopping on the north side of the track waiting for the train to pass when the accident occurred. He told of seeing the auto on the other side of the track and then the crash.
The accident occurred just a block from where Mr. Bicknase's brother and nephew, Henry P. Bicknase, 63, and Earl Bicknase, 34, were killed when struck by a train January 18. That accident occurred when the elder man drove his auto with his son as passenger, past the end of a standing local train and into the path of a speeding through train. He also ignored the warning signals.
Members of the coroner's jury at the inquest were William G. Bauman, Fred J. Buenzow, Frank Haman, John H. Wente, Andrew Geisen and Charles Henning.
Funeral is Today
Funeral services are being held in the Danielsen Funeral chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. John C. Voeks of the St. Paul's Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be Hillside cemetery. The Lake Zurich Masonic lodge will be in charge of the services.
William C. Bicknase was born in Palatine. For the past 30 years he operated a summer resort at Lake Zurich. He was divorced from his wife, Carrie Seip Bicknase. He was a charter member of the Lake Zurich Masonic lodge.
Mr. Bicknase leaves three children, Mrs. Myrtle Dean of Madison, Wis.; Orville Bicknase of Chicago, and Mrs. Pearl Oefelein of Hebron; three grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Glen Gallup, Mrs. Albert Behling, and Miss Lena Bicknase of Palatine, and Mrs. Minnie Miller of Chicago.
~Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Friday, December 15, 1933
TRAIN STRIKES AUTO, KILLING W. C. BICKNASE
Brockway Street Crossing Palatine, Scene of Fatal Accident
William C. Bicknase, 67, of Lake Zurich was killed at the Brockway street crossing at the Chicago and North Western railroad in Palatine at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon when struck by a local passenger train. Mr. Bicknase drove eastward along the drive through the W. R. Comfort and Sons lumber yard and turned left onto Brockway street, crossing two tracks and driving directly into the path of the Chicago-bound train, already slowing for the station stop.
According to the testimony given at the inquest held Tuesday morning in the Danielsen funeral home, the signal lights and bell at this crossing were functioning properly at the time of the accident. The left side of the locomotive hit the auto behind its center and threw it 55 feet northeast into the depot park.
Mr. Bicknase was thrown from the car and fell 20 feet from it. He suffered fractures of the skull and spine, chest hemorrhage, chest and other injuries, and died while being taken to the Community hospital. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death, finding no one at fault and making no recommendations as to changes in signals at this crossing.
Engineer Testifies
Edward F. Fitzgerald, 3821 Gladys avenue, Chicago, engineer of the train, said that he first saw the auto when it "loomed like a wall" on the track. He already had applied the air brakes for the station stop, and yanked his whistle.
On questioning Emil Selten, deputy coroner conducting the inquest, he stated that a village ordinance prohibits whistle blowing within the village limits except for emergencies, and the last previous blast was at the village limits. After the accident he backed his train to test the signals and found them working properly.
Chief witness at the inquest was Earl Preble, 6216 Champaign avenue, Chicago, driver of a pie truck, who had heeded the warning signals and was stopping on the north side of the track waiting for the train to pass when the accident occurred. He told of seeing the auto on the other side of the track and then the crash.
The accident occurred just a block from where Mr. Bicknase's brother and nephew, Henry P. Bicknase, 63, and Earl Bicknase, 34, were killed when struck by a train January 18. That accident occurred when the elder man drove his auto with his son as passenger, past the end of a standing local train and into the path of a speeding through train. He also ignored the warning signals.
Members of the coroner's jury at the inquest were William G. Bauman, Fred J. Buenzow, Frank Haman, John H. Wente, Andrew Geisen and Charles Henning.
Funeral is Today
Funeral services are being held in the Danielsen Funeral chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. John C. Voeks of the St. Paul's Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be Hillside cemetery. The Lake Zurich Masonic lodge will be in charge of the services.
William C. Bicknase was born in Palatine. For the past 30 years he operated a summer resort at Lake Zurich. He was divorced from his wife, Carrie Seip Bicknase. He was a charter member of the Lake Zurich Masonic lodge.
Mr. Bicknase leaves three children, Mrs. Myrtle Dean of Madison, Wis.; Orville Bicknase of Chicago, and Mrs. Pearl Oefelein of Hebron; three grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Glen Gallup, Mrs. Albert Behling, and Miss Lena Bicknase of Palatine, and Mrs. Minnie Miller of Chicago.
~Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Friday, December 15, 1933
Brockway Street Crossing Palatine, Scene of Fatal Accident
William C. Bicknase, 67, of Lake Zurich was killed at the Brockway street crossing at the Chicago and North Western railroad in Palatine at 2:45 o'clock Monday afternoon when struck by a local passenger train. Mr. Bicknase drove eastward along the drive through the W. R. Comfort and Sons lumber yard and turned left onto Brockway street, crossing two tracks and driving directly into the path of the Chicago-bound train, already slowing for the station stop.
According to the testimony given at the inquest held Tuesday morning in the Danielsen funeral home, the signal lights and bell at this crossing were functioning properly at the time of the accident. The left side of the locomotive hit the auto behind its center and threw it 55 feet northeast into the depot park.
Mr. Bicknase was thrown from the car and fell 20 feet from it. He suffered fractures of the skull and spine, chest hemorrhage, chest and other injuries, and died while being taken to the Community hospital. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death, finding no one at fault and making no recommendations as to changes in signals at this crossing.
Engineer Testifies
Edward F. Fitzgerald, 3821 Gladys avenue, Chicago, engineer of the train, said that he first saw the auto when it "loomed like a wall" on the track. He already had applied the air brakes for the station stop, and yanked his whistle.
On questioning Emil Selten, deputy coroner conducting the inquest, he stated that a village ordinance prohibits whistle blowing within the village limits except for emergencies, and the last previous blast was at the village limits. After the accident he backed his train to test the signals and found them working properly.
Chief witness at the inquest was Earl Preble, 6216 Champaign avenue, Chicago, driver of a pie truck, who had heeded the warning signals and was stopping on the north side of the track waiting for the train to pass when the accident occurred. He told of seeing the auto on the other side of the track and then the crash.
The accident occurred just a block from where Mr. Bicknase's brother and nephew, Henry P. Bicknase, 63, and Earl Bicknase, 34, were killed when struck by a train January 18. That accident occurred when the elder man drove his auto with his son as passenger, past the end of a standing local train and into the path of a speeding through train. He also ignored the warning signals.
Members of the coroner's jury at the inquest were William G. Bauman, Fred J. Buenzow, Frank Haman, John H. Wente, Andrew Geisen and Charles Henning.
Funeral is Today
Funeral services are being held in the Danielsen Funeral chapel at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. John C. Voeks of the St. Paul's Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be Hillside cemetery. The Lake Zurich Masonic lodge will be in charge of the services.
William C. Bicknase was born in Palatine. For the past 30 years he operated a summer resort at Lake Zurich. He was divorced from his wife, Carrie Seip Bicknase. He was a charter member of the Lake Zurich Masonic lodge.
Mr. Bicknase leaves three children, Mrs. Myrtle Dean of Madison, Wis.; Orville Bicknase of Chicago, and Mrs. Pearl Oefelein of Hebron; three grandchildren; and four sisters, Mrs. Glen Gallup, Mrs. Albert Behling, and Miss Lena Bicknase of Palatine, and Mrs. Minnie Miller of Chicago.
~Arlington Heights Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)
Friday, December 15, 1933
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