Brothers Killed In Car-Train Crash
Stalled Auto Is Stuck At Crossing In Aldrich
Two Wadena county brothers were killed early Saturday morning in the village of Aldrich when their stalled automobile was struck by a Northern Pacific fast passenger train at a crossing in the village. The victims were Kenneth Cameron, 23, and his brother, Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich.
There were no witnesses to the accident, which happened at 2:50 a.m. Coroner W.E. Parker of Sebeka was called to the scene and after an investigation said it appeared that the auto had stalled on a slight grade after crossing the tracks. The car then slid back over the tracks on the icy roadway. Car tracks indicated that the automobile backed into a signal post, just off the roadway, and stalled there with the front end of the car on the railroad tracks.
Bodies of the victims were found some distance from the place of the impact, and wreckage of the automobile was strewn for 200 feet along the railroad tracks. The conductor on the train told the coroner that the train was travelling about 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred.
The young brother apparently was getting out of the front seat of the 1936 four door sedan at the time of impact. His body was found about 100 feet southeast of the tracks at the point of the crash. The older brother was still inside the car when the train hit it, but his body was lying 200 feet east of where the car was struck.
The driver’s vision no doubt was impaired by frosty windows on the car, and the brothers were not aware of the approaching train until a moment before it was upon them.
The force of the impact was so great that the engine of the car was hurled 600 feet away from the scene of the crash, and other debris was scattered over a wide area in the vicinity. What was left of the demolished automobile was laying, upside down, just off the tracks 80 feet east of where it was struck.
Despite it’s speed, the train was brought to a stop a few hundred feet beyond the crossing and remained there until arrival of the coroner. The coroner said there will be no inquest.
Funeral services for the brothers were conducted at the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Aldrich Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, with the Rev. A. Van Zutphen officiating.
Music during the services was furnished by the Verndale choir, with Miss Olive Rambo as accompanist. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery there.
Kenneth Francis Cameron was born on July 22, 1924, on a farm north of Aldrich, the son of Alex and Leona Cameron. He attended the public school at Aldrich and Staples high school. He was a veteran of World War II, and served in the army for over three years, a part of which time he spent in the European theatre of war. He entered the army in February, 1943, and received his discharge in November, 1945.
Before entering the Army he was employed at the Aldrich creamery, and since his return, he was employed at the River Inn. He was a member of the Catholic church, and also a member of Aldrich Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He was 23 years, 5 months and 5 days old at the time of his death.
Franklin Leo Cameron was born on March 18, 1934, on the same farm north of Aldrich, and was 13 years, 9 months and 9 days old at the time of his death. He was a student in the eighth grade at the Aldrich school, was an altar boy at the Catholic church, a member of the Aldrich Boy Scout troop and the 4-H club.
They are survived by their parents, two sisters and five brothers, who are: James of Los Angeles, California; Loren of Pompey’s Pillar, Montana; Donald, Jerome, Theresa, Pearl and David, all at home. One sister, Harriet, passed away several years ago at the age of three years.
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The Sebeka Review, January 2, 1948
2 Brothers Die In Train-Car Crash At Aldrich
A tragedy occurred at Aldrich, Minnesota, a few miles east of Verndale, early Saturday morning which claimed the lives of two brothers at a railroad crossing.
Kenneth, 23, and Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich, met instant death when the car in which they were driving stalled and rolled back on the N.P. railroad track just as a Northern Pacific passenger struck them at 70 mile speed.
Coroner Dr. W.E. Parker of Sebeka said the car apparently had stalled on a slight grade just after crossing the tracks and then had slipped back on the slippery roadway so that the front of the car was on the tracks.
Kenneth Cameron, who was employed in the tavern at Aldrich, and his younger brother, who had worked as a baby sitter for the tavern operator, were going home at the time of the accident.
Dr. Parker said the train crew members estimated the train was travelling 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred. An inquest was not deemed necessary.
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MN Death Index:
Name: Kenneth F. Cameron
Death Date: 27 Dec 1947
Death County: Wadena
State File Number: 017072
Certificate Number: 017072
Certificate Year: 1947
Record Number: 1054954
Stalled Auto Is Stuck At Crossing In Aldrich
Two Wadena county brothers were killed early Saturday morning in the village of Aldrich when their stalled automobile was struck by a Northern Pacific fast passenger train at a crossing in the village. The victims were Kenneth Cameron, 23, and his brother, Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich.
There were no witnesses to the accident, which happened at 2:50 a.m. Coroner W.E. Parker of Sebeka was called to the scene and after an investigation said it appeared that the auto had stalled on a slight grade after crossing the tracks. The car then slid back over the tracks on the icy roadway. Car tracks indicated that the automobile backed into a signal post, just off the roadway, and stalled there with the front end of the car on the railroad tracks.
Bodies of the victims were found some distance from the place of the impact, and wreckage of the automobile was strewn for 200 feet along the railroad tracks. The conductor on the train told the coroner that the train was travelling about 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred.
The young brother apparently was getting out of the front seat of the 1936 four door sedan at the time of impact. His body was found about 100 feet southeast of the tracks at the point of the crash. The older brother was still inside the car when the train hit it, but his body was lying 200 feet east of where the car was struck.
The driver’s vision no doubt was impaired by frosty windows on the car, and the brothers were not aware of the approaching train until a moment before it was upon them.
The force of the impact was so great that the engine of the car was hurled 600 feet away from the scene of the crash, and other debris was scattered over a wide area in the vicinity. What was left of the demolished automobile was laying, upside down, just off the tracks 80 feet east of where it was struck.
Despite it’s speed, the train was brought to a stop a few hundred feet beyond the crossing and remained there until arrival of the coroner. The coroner said there will be no inquest.
Funeral services for the brothers were conducted at the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Aldrich Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, with the Rev. A. Van Zutphen officiating.
Music during the services was furnished by the Verndale choir, with Miss Olive Rambo as accompanist. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery there.
Kenneth Francis Cameron was born on July 22, 1924, on a farm north of Aldrich, the son of Alex and Leona Cameron. He attended the public school at Aldrich and Staples high school. He was a veteran of World War II, and served in the army for over three years, a part of which time he spent in the European theatre of war. He entered the army in February, 1943, and received his discharge in November, 1945.
Before entering the Army he was employed at the Aldrich creamery, and since his return, he was employed at the River Inn. He was a member of the Catholic church, and also a member of Aldrich Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He was 23 years, 5 months and 5 days old at the time of his death.
Franklin Leo Cameron was born on March 18, 1934, on the same farm north of Aldrich, and was 13 years, 9 months and 9 days old at the time of his death. He was a student in the eighth grade at the Aldrich school, was an altar boy at the Catholic church, a member of the Aldrich Boy Scout troop and the 4-H club.
They are survived by their parents, two sisters and five brothers, who are: James of Los Angeles, California; Loren of Pompey’s Pillar, Montana; Donald, Jerome, Theresa, Pearl and David, all at home. One sister, Harriet, passed away several years ago at the age of three years.
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The Sebeka Review, January 2, 1948
2 Brothers Die In Train-Car Crash At Aldrich
A tragedy occurred at Aldrich, Minnesota, a few miles east of Verndale, early Saturday morning which claimed the lives of two brothers at a railroad crossing.
Kenneth, 23, and Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich, met instant death when the car in which they were driving stalled and rolled back on the N.P. railroad track just as a Northern Pacific passenger struck them at 70 mile speed.
Coroner Dr. W.E. Parker of Sebeka said the car apparently had stalled on a slight grade just after crossing the tracks and then had slipped back on the slippery roadway so that the front of the car was on the tracks.
Kenneth Cameron, who was employed in the tavern at Aldrich, and his younger brother, who had worked as a baby sitter for the tavern operator, were going home at the time of the accident.
Dr. Parker said the train crew members estimated the train was travelling 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred. An inquest was not deemed necessary.
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MN Death Index:
Name: Kenneth F. Cameron
Death Date: 27 Dec 1947
Death County: Wadena
State File Number: 017072
Certificate Number: 017072
Certificate Year: 1947
Record Number: 1054954
Brothers Killed In Car-Train Crash
Stalled Auto Is Stuck At Crossing In Aldrich
Two Wadena county brothers were killed early Saturday morning in the village of Aldrich when their stalled automobile was struck by a Northern Pacific fast passenger train at a crossing in the village. The victims were Kenneth Cameron, 23, and his brother, Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich.
There were no witnesses to the accident, which happened at 2:50 a.m. Coroner W.E. Parker of Sebeka was called to the scene and after an investigation said it appeared that the auto had stalled on a slight grade after crossing the tracks. The car then slid back over the tracks on the icy roadway. Car tracks indicated that the automobile backed into a signal post, just off the roadway, and stalled there with the front end of the car on the railroad tracks.
Bodies of the victims were found some distance from the place of the impact, and wreckage of the automobile was strewn for 200 feet along the railroad tracks. The conductor on the train told the coroner that the train was travelling about 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred.
The young brother apparently was getting out of the front seat of the 1936 four door sedan at the time of impact. His body was found about 100 feet southeast of the tracks at the point of the crash. The older brother was still inside the car when the train hit it, but his body was lying 200 feet east of where the car was struck.
The driver’s vision no doubt was impaired by frosty windows on the car, and the brothers were not aware of the approaching train until a moment before it was upon them.
The force of the impact was so great that the engine of the car was hurled 600 feet away from the scene of the crash, and other debris was scattered over a wide area in the vicinity. What was left of the demolished automobile was laying, upside down, just off the tracks 80 feet east of where it was struck.
Despite it’s speed, the train was brought to a stop a few hundred feet beyond the crossing and remained there until arrival of the coroner. The coroner said there will be no inquest.
Funeral services for the brothers were conducted at the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Aldrich Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, with the Rev. A. Van Zutphen officiating.
Music during the services was furnished by the Verndale choir, with Miss Olive Rambo as accompanist. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery there.
Kenneth Francis Cameron was born on July 22, 1924, on a farm north of Aldrich, the son of Alex and Leona Cameron. He attended the public school at Aldrich and Staples high school. He was a veteran of World War II, and served in the army for over three years, a part of which time he spent in the European theatre of war. He entered the army in February, 1943, and received his discharge in November, 1945.
Before entering the Army he was employed at the Aldrich creamery, and since his return, he was employed at the River Inn. He was a member of the Catholic church, and also a member of Aldrich Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He was 23 years, 5 months and 5 days old at the time of his death.
Franklin Leo Cameron was born on March 18, 1934, on the same farm north of Aldrich, and was 13 years, 9 months and 9 days old at the time of his death. He was a student in the eighth grade at the Aldrich school, was an altar boy at the Catholic church, a member of the Aldrich Boy Scout troop and the 4-H club.
They are survived by their parents, two sisters and five brothers, who are: James of Los Angeles, California; Loren of Pompey’s Pillar, Montana; Donald, Jerome, Theresa, Pearl and David, all at home. One sister, Harriet, passed away several years ago at the age of three years.
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The Sebeka Review, January 2, 1948
2 Brothers Die In Train-Car Crash At Aldrich
A tragedy occurred at Aldrich, Minnesota, a few miles east of Verndale, early Saturday morning which claimed the lives of two brothers at a railroad crossing.
Kenneth, 23, and Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich, met instant death when the car in which they were driving stalled and rolled back on the N.P. railroad track just as a Northern Pacific passenger struck them at 70 mile speed.
Coroner Dr. W.E. Parker of Sebeka said the car apparently had stalled on a slight grade just after crossing the tracks and then had slipped back on the slippery roadway so that the front of the car was on the tracks.
Kenneth Cameron, who was employed in the tavern at Aldrich, and his younger brother, who had worked as a baby sitter for the tavern operator, were going home at the time of the accident.
Dr. Parker said the train crew members estimated the train was travelling 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred. An inquest was not deemed necessary.
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MN Death Index:
Name: Kenneth F. Cameron
Death Date: 27 Dec 1947
Death County: Wadena
State File Number: 017072
Certificate Number: 017072
Certificate Year: 1947
Record Number: 1054954
Stalled Auto Is Stuck At Crossing In Aldrich
Two Wadena county brothers were killed early Saturday morning in the village of Aldrich when their stalled automobile was struck by a Northern Pacific fast passenger train at a crossing in the village. The victims were Kenneth Cameron, 23, and his brother, Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich.
There were no witnesses to the accident, which happened at 2:50 a.m. Coroner W.E. Parker of Sebeka was called to the scene and after an investigation said it appeared that the auto had stalled on a slight grade after crossing the tracks. The car then slid back over the tracks on the icy roadway. Car tracks indicated that the automobile backed into a signal post, just off the roadway, and stalled there with the front end of the car on the railroad tracks.
Bodies of the victims were found some distance from the place of the impact, and wreckage of the automobile was strewn for 200 feet along the railroad tracks. The conductor on the train told the coroner that the train was travelling about 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred.
The young brother apparently was getting out of the front seat of the 1936 four door sedan at the time of impact. His body was found about 100 feet southeast of the tracks at the point of the crash. The older brother was still inside the car when the train hit it, but his body was lying 200 feet east of where the car was struck.
The driver’s vision no doubt was impaired by frosty windows on the car, and the brothers were not aware of the approaching train until a moment before it was upon them.
The force of the impact was so great that the engine of the car was hurled 600 feet away from the scene of the crash, and other debris was scattered over a wide area in the vicinity. What was left of the demolished automobile was laying, upside down, just off the tracks 80 feet east of where it was struck.
Despite it’s speed, the train was brought to a stop a few hundred feet beyond the crossing and remained there until arrival of the coroner. The coroner said there will be no inquest.
Funeral services for the brothers were conducted at the Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Aldrich Tuesday morning at 9:30 o’clock, with the Rev. A. Van Zutphen officiating.
Music during the services was furnished by the Verndale choir, with Miss Olive Rambo as accompanist. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery there.
Kenneth Francis Cameron was born on July 22, 1924, on a farm north of Aldrich, the son of Alex and Leona Cameron. He attended the public school at Aldrich and Staples high school. He was a veteran of World War II, and served in the army for over three years, a part of which time he spent in the European theatre of war. He entered the army in February, 1943, and received his discharge in November, 1945.
Before entering the Army he was employed at the Aldrich creamery, and since his return, he was employed at the River Inn. He was a member of the Catholic church, and also a member of Aldrich Veterans of Foreign Wars post. He was 23 years, 5 months and 5 days old at the time of his death.
Franklin Leo Cameron was born on March 18, 1934, on the same farm north of Aldrich, and was 13 years, 9 months and 9 days old at the time of his death. He was a student in the eighth grade at the Aldrich school, was an altar boy at the Catholic church, a member of the Aldrich Boy Scout troop and the 4-H club.
They are survived by their parents, two sisters and five brothers, who are: James of Los Angeles, California; Loren of Pompey’s Pillar, Montana; Donald, Jerome, Theresa, Pearl and David, all at home. One sister, Harriet, passed away several years ago at the age of three years.
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The Sebeka Review, January 2, 1948
2 Brothers Die In Train-Car Crash At Aldrich
A tragedy occurred at Aldrich, Minnesota, a few miles east of Verndale, early Saturday morning which claimed the lives of two brothers at a railroad crossing.
Kenneth, 23, and Franklin, 13, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cameron of Aldrich, met instant death when the car in which they were driving stalled and rolled back on the N.P. railroad track just as a Northern Pacific passenger struck them at 70 mile speed.
Coroner Dr. W.E. Parker of Sebeka said the car apparently had stalled on a slight grade just after crossing the tracks and then had slipped back on the slippery roadway so that the front of the car was on the tracks.
Kenneth Cameron, who was employed in the tavern at Aldrich, and his younger brother, who had worked as a baby sitter for the tavern operator, were going home at the time of the accident.
Dr. Parker said the train crew members estimated the train was travelling 70 miles an hour when the accident occurred. An inquest was not deemed necessary.
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MN Death Index:
Name: Kenneth F. Cameron
Death Date: 27 Dec 1947
Death County: Wadena
State File Number: 017072
Certificate Number: 017072
Certificate Year: 1947
Record Number: 1054954
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